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obsequiousnesses

obsequiousnesses is the plural of obsequiousness.

Meaning of obsequiousness

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

Questions about obsequiousnesses

What is obsequiousnesses the plural of?
Obsequiousnesses is the plural of obsequiousness.

Words near obsequiousnesses in the dictionary

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

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