obsequiousness

English

Etymology

From Middle English obsequyousnesse, equivalent to obsequious +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

obsequiousness (usually uncountable, plural obsequiousnesses)

1. The quality of being obsequious; servile compliance.

   Synonyms: obsequience, obsequiosity, obsequity

   • 1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     The crusty portier and the crusty clerks gave us the surly reception which their kind deal out in prosperous times, but by mollifying them with an extra display of obsequiousness and servility we finally got them to show us to the room which our boy had engaged for us.

Derived terms

• inobsequiousness

Translations

quality of being obsequious

Armenian: քծնանք (hy) (kʻcnankʻ), քծինք (hy) (kʻcinkʻ) Bulgarian: раболепие (bg) n (rabolepie) Dutch: kruiperigheid (nl), onderworpenheid (nl) French: obséquiosité (fr) m Georgian: პირმოთნეობა (ṗirmotneoba) German: Unterwürfigkeit (de) f Greek: δουλοπρέπεια (el) f (douloprépeia) Irish: spleá f Italian: cortigianeria f, ossequiosità f Japanese: 媚び (こび, kobi) Korean: 아첨 함 (acheom ham) Latin: obsequium n, obsequentia f Scottish Gaelic: ùmhlachd f Spanish: obsecuencia (es) f, obsequiosidad f Telugu: దాస్యము (te) (dāsyamu)