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obséquiosité

French, noun/ɔp.se.kjo.zi.te/

obséquiosité is a French masculine noun meaning “obsequiousness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Défaut consistant à être exagérément ou artificiellement poli”.

What does obséquiosité mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineobsequiousness

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Défaut consistant à être exagérément ou artificiellement poli. 2. Ensemble des paroles et des actes qui dénotent ce défaut.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of obséquiosité

  • obséquiosités plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce obséquiosité?

  • /ɔp.se.kjo.zi.te/
  • \ɔp.se.kjɔ.zi.te\
  • \ɔb.se.kjɔ.zi.te\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to obséquiosité

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is obséquiosité in French?

obséquiosité appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).