Англо-русский словарь - obsequious
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obsequious
adj.
1) раболепный, подобострастный; to be obsequious to/with smb. - угодничать, расшаркиваться перед кем-л.
2) obs. послушный, исполнительный Syn: abject, menial, servile, slavish, subservient, sycophantic Ant: contumelious, impudent, overbearing
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1.
1. подобострастный, раболепный obsequious toady —- лизоблюд most obsequious politeness —- вежливость, граничащая с подобострастием he made an obsequious bow —- он угодливо поклонился 2. редк. послушный, исполнительный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
2.
adj. servilely obedient or attentive. Derivatives obsequiously adv. obsequiousness n. Etymology: ME f. L obsequiosus f. obsequium compliance (as OB-, sequi follow) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
adjective Etymology: Middle English, compliant, from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium compliance, from obsequi to comply, from ob- toward + sequi to follow — more at ob-, sue Date: 15th century marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness Synonyms: see subservient • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
If you describe someone as obsequious, you are criticizing them because they are too eager to help or agree with someone more important than them. Barrow was positively obsequious to me until he learnt that I too was the son of a labouring man. = servile ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval • obsequiously He smiled and bowed obsequiously to Winger. ADV: ADV with v • obsequiousness I told him to get lost and leave me alone and his tone quickly changed from obsequiousness to outright anger. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ adj too eager to serve people and agree with them; servile (1) (The salesman's obsequious manner was beginning to irritate me.) - obsequiously adv - obsequiousness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1470s, "prompt to serve," from L. obsequiosus "compliant, obedient," from obsequium "compliance, dutiful service," from ob "after" + sequi "follow." Pejorative sense of "fawning, sycophantic" had emerged by 1602. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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