Obsequious - English meaning
Obsequious – definitions in English dictionary
adjectiveObedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
Usage examples:
They were served by obsequious waiters
adjectiveToo eager to serve or obey someone
Usage examples:
She is embarrassingly obsequious to anyone in authority.
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Word origin
late 15th century (not depreciatory in sense in early use): from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium ‘compliance’, from obsequi ‘follow, comply with’.
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