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obsequiousness

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ob·se·qui·ous  (b-skw-s, b-)
adj.
Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
[Middle English, from Latin obsequisus, from obsequium, compliance, from obsequ, to comply : ob-, to; see ob- + sequ, to follow; see sekw-1 in Indo-European roots.]
ob·sequi·ous·ly adv.
ob·sequi·ous·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.obsequiousness - abject or cringing submissiveness
servility, subservience
submissiveness - the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.
sycophancy - fawning obsequiousness
Translations
obsequiousness [əbˈsiːkwɪəsnɪs] N → servilismo m, sumisión f
obsequiousness
n → Unterwürfigkeit f, → Servilität f (geh)


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A fortunate chance had recommended him to Lady Catherine de Bourgh when the living of Hunsford was vacant; and the respect which he felt for her high rank, and his veneration for her as his patroness, mingling with a very good opinion of himself, of his authority as a clergyman, and his right as a rector, made him altogether a mixture of pride and obsequiousness, self-importance and humility.
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Monsieur Gabelle was the Postmaster, and some other taxing functionary united; he had come out with great obsequiousness to assist at this examination, and had held the examined by the drapery of his arm in an official manner.
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The old gentleman is helped into the chaise with great obsequiousness by Mr Sampson Brass; and the pony, after shaking his head several times, and standing for three or four minutes with all his four legs planted firmly on the ground, as if he had made up his mind never to stir from that spot, but there to live and die, suddenly darts off, without the smallest notice, at the rate of twelve English miles an hour.
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