OBSEQUIOUS
\ɒbsˈɛkwɪəs], \ɒbsˈɛkwɪəs], \ɒ_b_s_ˈɛ_k_w_ɪ__ə_s]\
Definitions of OBSEQUIOUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
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attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; "obsequious shop assistants"
By Princeton University
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attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
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attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; "obsequious shop assistants"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Obsequiousness.
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Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.
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Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.
By Oddity Software
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Obsequiousness.
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Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.
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Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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