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obsequious
(encz) | obsequious,podlézavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
obsequious
(encz) | obsequious,poslušný adj: Jiří Dadák |
obsequious
(encz) | obsequious,servilní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Obsequious
(gcide) | Obsequious \Ob*se"qui*ous\, a. [L. obsequiosus, fr. obsequium
compliance, fr. obsequi, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obs['e]quieux,
See Obsequent, and cf. Obsequy.]
1. Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another;
compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.
[Obs.]
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His servants weeping,
Obsequious to his orders, bear him hither.
--Addison.
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2. Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess;
cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.
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There lies ever in "obsequious" at the present the
sense of an observance which is overdone, of an
unmanly readiness to fall in with the will of
another. --Trench.
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3. [See Obsequy.] Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.
[R.] "To do obsequious sorrow." --Shak.
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Syn: Compliant; obedient; servile. See Yielding.
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obsequious
(wn) | obsequious
adj 1: attempting to win favor from influential people by
flattery [syn: bootlicking, fawning, obsequious,
sycophantic, toadyish]
2: attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; "obsequious
shop assistants" |
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obsequiously
(encz) | obsequiously,podlézavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
obsequiousness
(encz) | obsequiousness,podlézavost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Obsequious
(gcide) | Obsequious \Ob*se"qui*ous\, a. [L. obsequiosus, fr. obsequium
compliance, fr. obsequi, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obs['e]quieux,
See Obsequent, and cf. Obsequy.]
1. Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another;
compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.
[Obs.]
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His servants weeping,
Obsequious to his orders, bear him hither.
--Addison.
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2. Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess;
cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.
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There lies ever in "obsequious" at the present the
sense of an observance which is overdone, of an
unmanly readiness to fall in with the will of
another. --Trench.
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3. [See Obsequy.] Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.
[R.] "To do obsequious sorrow." --Shak.
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Syn: Compliant; obedient; servile. See Yielding.
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Obsequiously
(gcide) | Obsequiously \Ob*se"qui*ous*ly\, adv.
1. In an obsequious manner; compliantly; fawningly. --Dryden.
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2. In a manner appropriate to obsequies. [Obs.]
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Whilst I a while obsequiously lament
The untimely fall of virtuous Lancaster. --Shak.
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Obsequiousness
(gcide) | Obsequiousness \Ob*se"qui*ous*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being obsequious. --South.
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obsequiously
(wn) | obsequiously
adv 1: in an obsequious manner; "she acts obsequiously toward
her boss" [syn: obsequiously, subserviently,
servilely] |
obsequiousness
(wn) | obsequiousness
n 1: abject or cringing submissiveness [syn: obsequiousness,
servility, subservience] |
user-obsequious
(foldoc) | user-obsequious
Emphatic form of user-friendly. Connotes a system
so verbose, inflexible, and determinedly simple-minded that it
is nearly unusable. "Design a system any fool can use and
only a fool will want to use it."
See WIMP, Macintrash.
See also user-unctuous.
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user-obsequious
(jargon) | user-obsequious
adj.
Emphatic form of user-friendly. Connotes a system so verbose, inflexible,
and determinedly simple-minded that it is nearly unusable. “Design a system
any fool can use and only a fool will want to use it.” See {WIMP
environment}, Macintrash.
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