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adjective
- fawning, Fawning or subservient.
- Excessively eager to please or to obey all instructions.
- 1927. "Translation falls especially short of this conceit which carries the whole flamboyance of the Spanish language. It was intended as an obsequious flattery of the Condesa, and was untrue." w:Thornton Wilder, Thornton Wilder, '''w:The Bridge of San Luis Rey, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, p. 20
Etymology: Latin obsequium 'compliance'.From ob "after" + sequi "follow" (see sequel).
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