"obsequious" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /əbˈsiːkwi.əs/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-obsequious.ogg [US] Forms: more obsequious [comparative], most obsequious [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English obsequyous, from Latin obsequiōsus (“complaisant, obsequious”), from obsequium (“compliance”), from obsequor (“comply with, yield to”), from ob (“in the direction of, towards”) + sequor (“follow”) (cf. sequel). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{inh|en|enm|obsequyous}} Middle English obsequyous, {{der|en|la|obsequiōsus||complaisant, obsequious}} Latin obsequiōsus (“complaisant, obsequious”), {{m|la|obsequium||compliance}} obsequium (“compliance”), {{m|la|obsequor||comply with, yield to}} obsequor (“comply with, yield to”), {{m|la|ob||in the direction of, towards}} ob (“in the direction of, towards”), {{m|la|sequor||follow}} sequor (“follow”), {{l|en|sequel}} sequel Head templates: {{en-adj}} obsequious (comparative more obsequious, superlative most obsequious)
  1. Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: fawning, ingratiating, servile, slavish, sycophantic, truckling, smarmy, asskissing, sycophantic Translations (fawning, subservient): քծնող (kʻcnoġ) (Armenian), сервилен (servilen) (Bulgarian), раболепен (rabolepen) (Bulgarian), obsequiós (Catalan), podlézavý (Czech), servil (Danish), slesk (Danish), kruiperig (Dutch), slaafs (Dutch), onderworpen (Dutch), nöyristelevä (Finnish), mielistelevä (Finnish), liehakoiva (Finnish), obséquieux (French), soumis (French), unterwürfig (German), hörig (German), servil (German), kriecherisch (German), devot (German), γλύφτης (glýftis) [masculine] (Greek), alázatos (Hungarian), szolgalelkű (Hungarian), komplezachema (Ido), respektemacha (Ido), spleách (Irish), obsequiōsus (Latin), vernīlis (Latin), у́годлив (úgodliv) (Macedonian), рабо́лепен (rabólepen) (Macedonian), по́низен (pónizen) (Macedonian), whakapatipati (Maori), servil (Norwegian Bokmål), slesk (Norwegian Bokmål), sleskete (Norwegian Bokmål), dommbleed (Plautdietsch), służalczy [masculine] (Polish), obsequioso (Portuguese), submisso (Portuguese), servil (Romanian), obsecvios (Romanian), подобостра́стный (podobostrástnyj) (Russian), раболе́пный (rabolépnyj) (Russian), servilan (Serbo-Croatian), poslušnički (Serbo-Croatian), sumiso (Spanish), obsequioso (Spanish), underdånig (Swedish), krypande (Swedish), сервільний (servilʹnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), раболіпний (rabolipnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-obsequious-en-adj-XGRC-Yde Disambiguation of Personality: 86 9 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 10 6 Disambiguation of 'fawning, subservient': 59 39 2
  2. (archaic) Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes. Tags: archaic Synonyms: obedient Translations (obedient, compliant with someone else's orders): հլու (hlu) (Armenian), հնազանդ (hnazand) (Armenian), հլու-հնազանդ (hlu-hnazand) (Armenian), послушен (poslušen) (Bulgarian), underdanig (Danish), onderdanig (Dutch), kuuliainen (Finnish), obéissant (French), obséquieux (French), gehorsam (German), folgsam (German), unterwürfig (German), צייתן (tsaytán) [masculine] (Hebrew), engedelmes (Hungarian), obsequiōsus (Latin), по́корен (pókoren) (Macedonian), по́слушен (póslušen) (Macedonian), underdanig (Norwegian Bokmål), servil (Norwegian Bokmål), czołobitny (Polish), służalczy (Polish), obsequioso (Portuguese), obsecvios (Romanian), послу́шный (poslúšnyj) (Russian), podložan (Serbo-Croatian), servilan (Serbo-Croatian), poslušnički (Serbo-Croatian), servil (Spanish), apatronado (Spanish), obsequioso (Spanish), inställsam (Swedish), underdånig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-obsequious-en-adj-au-1HxIU Disambiguation of "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders": 7 92 1
  3. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-obsequious-en-adj-rZjPyJFo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: obsequiosity, obsequiously, obsequiousness, obsequity

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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "word": "komplezachema"
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          "word": "vernīlis"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "úgodliv",
          "sense": "fawning, subservient",
          "word": "у́годлив"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "rabólepen",
          "sense": "fawning, subservient",
          "word": "рабо́лепен"
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        {
          "_dis1": "59 39 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pónizen",
          "sense": "fawning, subservient",
          "word": "по́низен"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "fawning, subservient",
          "word": "whakapatipati"
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          "sense": "fawning, subservient",
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        {
          "_dis1": "59 39 2",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "fawning, subservient",
          "word": "dommbleed"
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          "_dis1": "59 39 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "fawning, subservient",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "służalczy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 39 2",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "fawning, subservient",
          "word": "obsequioso"
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        {
          "_dis1": "59 39 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fawning, subservient",
          "word": "submisso"
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        {
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "fawning, subservient",
          "word": "servil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 39 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "fawning, subservient",
          "word": "obsecvios"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 39 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podobostrástnyj",
          "sense": "fawning, subservient",
          "word": "подобостра́стный"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rabolépnyj",
          "sense": "fawning, subservient",
          "word": "раболе́пный"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "fawning, subservient",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 39 2",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "fawning, subservient",
          "word": "poslušnički"
        },
        {
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          "code": "es",
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          "word": "sumiso"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
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          "word": "unterwürfig"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tsaytán",
          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
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          "word": "צייתן"
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          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
          "word": "engedelmes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
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          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
          "word": "obsequiōsus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "mk",
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          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
          "word": "по́корен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "póslušen",
          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
          "word": "по́слушен"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
          "word": "underdanig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
          "word": "servil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
          "word": "czołobitny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
          "word": "służalczy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
          "word": "obsequioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
          "word": "obsecvios"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poslúšnyj",
          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
          "word": "послу́шный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
          "word": "podložan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
          "word": "servilan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
          "word": "poslušnički"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
          "word": "servil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
          "word": "apatronado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
          "word": "obsequioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
          "word": "inställsam"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
          "word": "underdånig"
        }
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        "Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal."
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        "(obsolete) Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/əbˈsiːkwi.əs/",
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    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (follow)",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "en:Personality"
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      "word": "obsequiosity"
    },
    {
      "word": "obsequiously"
    },
    {
      "word": "obsequiousness"
    },
    {
      "word": "obsequity"
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        "2": "enm",
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        "2": "la",
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        "4": "",
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ob",
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      "name": "m"
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        "2": "sequel"
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      "form": "more obsequious",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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      "form": "most obsequious",
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1927, Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, page 20",
          "text": "Translation falls especially short of this conceit which carries the whole flamboyance of the Spanish language. It was intended as an obsequious flattery of the Condesa, and was untrue.",
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          "fawning",
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          "subservient",
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          "word": "fawning"
        },
        {
          "word": "ingratiating"
        },
        {
          "word": "servile"
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        {
          "word": "slavish"
        },
        {
          "word": "sycophantic"
        },
        {
          "word": "truckling"
        },
        {
          "word": "smarmy"
        },
        {
          "word": "asskissing"
        },
        {
          "word": "sycophantic"
        }
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Obedient",
          "obedient"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "obedient"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal."
      ],
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        [
          "obsequies",
          "obsequies"
        ],
        [
          "funereal",
          "funereal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/əbˈsiːkwi.əs/",
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        "US"
      ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hlu",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "հլու"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hnazand",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "հնազանդ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hlu-hnazand",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "հլու-հնազանդ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "poslušen",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "послушен"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "underdanig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "onderdanig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "kuuliainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "obéissant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "obséquieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "gehorsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "folgsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "unterwürfig"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tsaytán",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "צייתן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "engedelmes"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "obsequiōsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pókoren",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "по́корен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "póslušen",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "по́слушен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "underdanig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "servil"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "czołobitny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "służalczy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "obsequioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "obsecvios"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poslúšnyj",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "послу́шный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "podložan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "servilan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "poslušnički"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "servil"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "apatronado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "obsequioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "inställsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "obedient, compliant with someone else's orders",
      "word": "underdånig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kʻcnoġ",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "քծնող"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "servilen",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "сервилен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rabolepen",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "раболепен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "obsequiós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "podlézavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "servil"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "slesk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "kruiperig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "slaafs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "onderworpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "nöyristelevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "mielistelevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "liehakoiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "obséquieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "soumis"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "unterwürfig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "hörig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "servil"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "kriecherisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "devot"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "glýftis",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "γλύφτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "alázatos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "szolgalelkű"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "komplezachema"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "respektemacha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "spleách"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "obsequiōsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "vernīlis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "úgodliv",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "у́годлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rabólepen",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "рабо́лепен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pónizen",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "по́низен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "whakapatipati"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "servil"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "slesk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "sleskete"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "dommbleed"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "służalczy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "obsequioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "submisso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "servil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "obsecvios"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podobostrástnyj",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "подобостра́стный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rabolépnyj",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "раболе́пный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "servilan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "poslušnički"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "sumiso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "obsequioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "underdånig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "word": "krypande"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "servilʹnyj",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сервільний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rabolipnyj",
      "sense": "fawning, subservient",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "раболіпний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "obsequious"
}

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