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Definition of Obsequious
Obsequious

Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.

Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.

Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.

Related Definitions:
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Obsequious Translations

obsequious in French is soumis
obsequious in Italian is servile
obsequious in Spanish is rendido


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