obsequy
/ˈɒbsəkwiː/noun
obsequy is spelled O-B-S-E-Q-U-Y: 7 letters. As a noun, obsequy means “The last office for the dead” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of obsequy is obsequies.
How many letters and syllables are in obsequy?
| Letters | 7: O-B-S-E-Q-U-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | too rare for the frequency list |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce obsequy?
- US /ˈɒbsəkwiː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-obsequy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of obsequy
- obsequies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does obsequy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The last office for the dead.
- 2
A funeral rite or service.
But, to-day, there were no obsequies to observe at all.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does obsequy come from?
From Middle English obseque, from Old French obseque, osseque, from Latin obsequiī (“complaisant, yielding”), alteration of obsequia (“compliance”) (by confusion, in association with exsequia (“funeral rites”), from exsequī (“follow or accompany to the grave”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).