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Adjective: servile, obsequious; supple,supple as a glove; soapy, oily, pliant, cringing, abased, dough-faced, fawning, slavish, groveling, sniveling, mealy-mouthed; beggarly, sycophantic, parasitical; abject, prostrate, down on ones marrowbones;
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Tips: Obsequious comes from the Latin obsequium, "compliant." Someone who is obsequious is very ingratiating and wants to please others, often to the point of being servile. An obsequious person may also try to win favor or ingratiate himself to others, using excessive flattery.
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obsequy and obsequious have the root sequus meaning "to follow", and so an obsequy is the last duty performed for a person after their death, while an obsequious person is someone who "follows after" or is eager to be a follower;
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complacent means 'pleased or satisfied with how things are, with how they affect one's self,' 'self-satisfied, smug'; ... Copy & paste this link to your blog or website to reference this page ... Search another word or see obsequious on Dictionary...
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When all else fails, try brown-nosing. Obsequiousness is the art of being overly nice to someone to get something from them, which is different from pure flattery in that a flatterer could be simply an agreeable person. The obsequious per...
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limberham in etymological sense: one who has 'limber hams', a supple-jointed person; fig. an obsequious person: ... Obscure Words: limberham ... Home > Library > Literature & Language > Obscure Words...
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flunkey; Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology flunkey man in livery XVIII; obsequious person XIX. orig. Sc.; poss. f. flanker one who stands at a person's FLANK + -Y6 . Read more...
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(Clearwisdom.net) In the early years of the Zhenguan period (AD 627-647) in the Tang Dynasty, someone submitted an appeal to request the emperor to eliminate obsequious courtiers. The Taizong Emperor's response to this was, "I consider the officials I have assigned to be able and virtuous courtiers. ... Becoming a Better Person...
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fawning flatterer: a servile or obsequious person who flatters somebody powerful for personal gain; ... Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. MSN Privacy Legal Advertise Feedback...
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