Definizione monolingua

obsequious

obsequious (comparative more obsequious, superlative most obsequious)

1. (archaic) Obedient, compliant with someone elses orders or wishes.
2. Excessively eager to please or to obey all instructions; fawning, subservient.
   • 1927 — Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, p. 20

     Translation falls especially short of this conceit which carries the whole flamboyance of the Spanish language. It was intended as an obsequious flattery of the Condesa, and was untrue.

3. (obsolete) of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal
   • Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, Scene 2

     ... the survivor bound
     In filial obligation for some term
     To do obsequious sorrow...
     

   • Shakespeare, Richard III, Act I, Scene 2

     Whilst I awhile obsequiously lament
     Th untimely fall of virtuous Lancaster.

Definizione dizionario obsequious

	servile
	Sottomesso, privo di originalità.

ossequioso

Altri significati:

fawning, subservient

(archaic) Obedient, compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.

Excessively eager to please or to obey all instructions; fawning, subservient.

obedient, compliant with someone else's orders