Obsequiousness
111obsequious — (adj.) late 15c., prompt to serve, from L. obsequiosus compliant, obedient, from obsequium compliance, dutiful service, from obsequi to accommodate oneself to the will of another, from ob after (see OB (Cf. ob )) + sequi to follow (see SEQUEL (Cf …
112subservience — sub ser·vi·ence || sÉ™b sÉœrvɪəns / sÉœËv n. quality of being subservient, servility, obsequiousness, extreme submissiveness …
113subserviences — sub ser·vi·ence || sÉ™b sÉœrvɪəns / sÉœËv n. quality of being subservient, servility, obsequiousness, extreme submissiveness …
114subserviency — n. quality of being subservient, servility, obsequiousness, extreme submissiveness …
115sycophancy — syc·o·phan·cy || sɪkÉ™fÉ™nsɪ / fænsɪ n. excessive flattery, obsequiousness …
116obsequious — [əb si:kwɪəs] adjective obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree. Derivatives obsequiously adverb obsequiousness noun Origin C15: from L. obsequiosus, from obsequium compliance , from obsequi follow, comply with …
117flattery — n. 1. Pretended compliment, insincere commendation, false praise. 2. Obsequiousness, sycophancy, servility, cajolery, fawning, adulation, blandishment, blarney …
118servility — n. 1. Slavery, bondage, dependence. 2. Slavishness, baseness, meanness, abjectness, abjection, obsequiousness, fawning, sycophancy …
119sycophancy — n. Servility, obsequiousness, fawning, gross flattery, sycophantism …
120obsequious — adjective too eager to serve people and agree with them; servile (1): The salesman s obsequious manner was beginning to irritate me. obsequiously adverb obsequiousness noun (U) …
