Obsequious

Monday 21^st November 2016

Obsequious - /əbˈsiːkwɪəs/

Adjective
Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

Example sentences

Adjective

‘They were served by obsequious waiters’

Origin

Late 15th century (not depreciatory in sense in early use): from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium compliance, from obsequi follow, comply with.

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