# obsequious

> English word · Adjective · IPA /əbˈsiːkwi.əs/ · frequency rank #80,719

## Definitions
1. Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.
2. Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.
3. Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal.

## Etymology
From Middle English obsequyous, from Latin obsequiōsus (“complaisant, obsequious”), from obsequium (“compliance”), from obsequor (“comply with, yield to”), from ob (“in the direction of, towards”) + sequor (“follow”) (cf. sequel).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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