obsequioso
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obsequiōsō
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin obsequiōsus.
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Adjective edit
obsequioso (feminine obsequiosa, masculine plural obsequiosos, feminine plural obsequiosas, metaphonic)
- obsequious; obedient (compliant with someone else’s orders)
- obsequious; fawning; subservient
- Synonym: submisso
- 1742, João de Barros, Chronica de Emperador Clarimundo, page 12:
- […] parecendo-me antes sacrîlego desacato, do que obzequioso tributo do meu affecto.
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Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin obsequiōsus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
obsequioso (feminine obsequiosa, masculine plural obsequiosos, feminine plural obsequiosas)
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Further reading edit
- “obsequioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014