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obeisant

obeisant adjective: courteously deferential and respectful.

Adjective

obeisant (comparative more obeisant, superlative most obeisant)

  1. Courteously deferential and respectful.

Forms of obeisant

comparativemore obeisant
superlativemost obeisant
alternative formobeisaunt
alternative formobeysant
alternative formobeysaunt

Questions about obeisant

What does obeisant mean?
Obeisant means courteously deferential and respectful.
What part of speech is obeisant?
Obeisant is an adjective.

Words near obeisant in the dictionary

  1. obedt
  2. obeisance
  3. obeisances
  4. obeisancies
  5. obeisancy
  6. obeisant
  7. obeisantly
  8. obeisaunce
  9. obeisaunces
  10. obeisaunt
  11. obeism

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