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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
obsequious /əbˈsiːkwɪəs/
▶adjective obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
– derivatives
obsequiously adverb,
obsequiousness noun.
obsequiously adverb,
obsequiousness noun.
– origin C15: from L. obsequiosus, from obsequium ‘compliance’, from obsequi ‘follow, comply with’.
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