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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

obséquiosité

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ob-se-ki-o-zi-te

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Obsequence/ˈɒb.sɪ.kwəns/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45200 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Son obséquiosité agaçait tous ses collègues."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Compliance, dutiful obedience, or yielding to the will of another.

    "His uncritical obsequence to the director's demands stifled any creative dissent within the team."
  2. 2

    Obsequious behavior or excessive deference.

    "The court was characterized by a tiresome obsequence that masked genuine feelings."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'obsequentia', stemming from 'obsequi' meaning to comply, follow, or yield to. It entered the English lexicon during the late 16th century, primarily referring to compliance, dutiful submission, or obsequiousness.

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