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obsequious \ob-SEE-kwee-us\, adjective:
Servilely attentive; compliant to excess; fawning.
His wealth nevertheless turns the townspeople into groveling, obsequious sycophants.
--Stephen Holden, "'The Best Man': When She Says 'I Do,' She Means 'Not You'," [?]New York Times, August 14, 1998
Politicians these days have to pretend to like football, and I am tired of their obsequious, crowd-pleasing football jokes.
--Margaret Drabble, "Will the BBC pay up?" [?]Times (London), July 6, 2000
This is a brazenly stylish restaurant where the staff are razor-sharp and not remotely obsequious.
--Orna Mulcahy, "Brash, edgy -- and so good," [?]Irish Times, August 1, 2000
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Obsequious comes from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium, "compliance," from obsequi, "to comply with," from ob-, "toward" + sequi, "to follow."
Synonyms: compliant, obedient, servile, slavish, subservient. [?]Find more at Thesaurus.com.
Servilely attentive; compliant to excess; fawning.
His wealth nevertheless turns the townspeople into groveling, obsequious sycophants.
--Stephen Holden, "'The Best Man': When She Says 'I Do,' She Means 'Not You'," [?]New York Times, August 14, 1998
Politicians these days have to pretend to like football, and I am tired of their obsequious, crowd-pleasing football jokes.
--Margaret Drabble, "Will the BBC pay up?" [?]Times (London), July 6, 2000
This is a brazenly stylish restaurant where the staff are razor-sharp and not remotely obsequious.
--Orna Mulcahy, "Brash, edgy -- and so good," [?]Irish Times, August 1, 2000
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Obsequious comes from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium, "compliance," from obsequi, "to comply with," from ob-, "toward" + sequi, "to follow."
Synonyms: compliant, obedient, servile, slavish, subservient. [?]Find more at Thesaurus.com.