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obsequiousness

obsequiousness noun: the quality of being obsequious; servile compliance.

Noun

obsequiousness (usually uncountable, plural obsequiousnesses)

  1. (usually) The quality of being obsequious; servile compliance.
    • The crusty portier and the crusty clerks gave us the surly reception which their kind deal out in prosperous times, but by mollifying them with an extra display of obsequiousness and servility we finally got them to show us to the room which our boy had engaged for us.1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
    • The oleaginous Mike Pence, with his talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become America’s most repulsive public figure.2018 May 9, George F. Will, “Trump is no longer the worst person in government”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2018

obsequiousness meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Kannada

obsequiousness in Tamil

குழைச்சல்

obsequiousness in Urdu

سعادت مندی

obsequiousness in Telugu

quality of being obsequious
దాస్యము dāsyamu

obsequiousness in Kannada

ಜಕ್ಕಲು

Synonyms of obsequiousness

Forms of obsequiousness

pluralobsequiousnesses

Origin of obsequiousness

From Middle English obsequyousnesse, equivalent to obsequious + -ness.

Words formed from obsequiousness

Questions about obsequiousness

What does obsequiousness mean?
Obsequiousness means the quality of being obsequious; servile compliance.
What is obsequiousness in Tamil?
Obsequiousness in Tamil is குழைச்சல். See Obsequiousness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is obsequiousness?
Obsequiousness is a noun.
What is the plural of obsequiousness?
The plural of obsequiousness is obsequiousnesses.

Words near obsequiousness in the dictionary

  1. obsequiences
  2. obsequies
  3. obsequiosity
  4. obsequious
  5. obsequiously
  6. obsequiousness
  7. obsequiousnesses
  8. obsequities
  9. obsequity
  10. obsequy
  11. obserue

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Adapted from Wiktionary: obsequiousness (page history and authors); obsequiousness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obsequiousness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obsequiousness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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