obsequiousness
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obsequiousness
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From Middle English obsequyousnesse, equivalent to obsequious + -ness.
noun obsequiousnesses
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The quality of being obsequious; servile compliance.
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.
Similar: obsequience, obsequiosity, obsequity
Translations
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noun quality of being obsequious
| Español | obsecuencia, obsequiosidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 아첨 함 acheom ham |
| 日本語 | 媚び kobi |
| Français | obséquiosité |
| Deutsch | Unterwürfigkeit |
| Italiano | cortigianeria, ossequiosità |
| Ελληνικά | δουλοπρέπεια douloprépeia |
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title = {obsequiousness},
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