obsequious
adjective/əbˈsiːkwiəs/
/əbˈsiːkwiəs/
(formal, disapproving)- trying too hard to please somebody, especially somebody who is important synonym servile
- an obsequious manner
- The waiters came hurrying forward with obsequious smiles on their faces.
- The service in the restaurant was attentive without being obsequious.
Word Originlate 15th cent. (not originally in a negative sense): from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium ‘compliance’, from obsequi ‘follow, comply with’.
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