obsequious

Signification (Anglais)

1. Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.
2. (archaic) Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.
3. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal.

Concepts

obséquieux

servile

zélé

Synonymes

subservient

servile

fawning

sycophantic

flattering

obedient

slavish

toadyish

abject

bootlicking

menial

sycophant

dignified

flatterer

deferential

groveling

grovelling

ingratiating

keen

runtish

curial

coquetry

biddable

slimy

smooth

submissive

aulic

obsequent

adulatory

tractable

unassertive

unctuous

zealous

humble oneself

toad-eating

adulator

docile

dutiful

Traductions

δουλοπρεπής

obsequioso

unterwürfig

servile

ossequioso

obsequioso

servil

servil

kruiperig

onderdanig

κόλακας

ταπεινός

pilota

vornehm

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əbˈsiːkwi.əs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: obsequyous

In summary

From Middle English obsequyous, from Latin obsequiōsus (“complaisant, obsequious”), from obsequium (“compliance”), from obsequor (“comply with, yield to”), from ob (“in the direction of, towards”) + sequor (“follow”) (cf. sequel).