obedient
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbiːdɪənt/, /əʊˈbiːdɪənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbidiənt/, /oʊˈbidiənt/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: obe‧di‧ent
Adjective edit
obedient (comparative more obedient, superlative most obedient)
- Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.
- Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.
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Noun edit
obedient (plural obedients)
- One who obeys.
- 2002, John Michael Doris, Lack of Character: Personality and Moral Behavior, page 48:
- Damn the obedients and hail the defiants if you will; the experiment does not motivate confidence about how particular subjects would behave in markedly dissimilar situations.
Further reading edit
- “obedient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “obedient”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin oboedientem, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [u.βə.ðiˈen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [o.bə.ðiˈent]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [o.be.ðiˈent]
Adjective edit
obedient m or f (masculine and feminine plural obedients)
- obedient
- Antonym: desobedient
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Further reading edit
- “obedient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin edit
Verb edit
obēdient
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
Adjective edit
obedient
References edit
- “obēdient, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2022-05-26.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
Adjective edit
obedient m (oblique and nominative feminine singular obedient or obediente)
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin obediens or Italian obbediente.
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obedient m or n (feminine singular obedientă, masculine plural obedienți, feminine and neuter plural obediente)
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singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | obedient | obedientă | obedienți | obediente | ||
definite | obedientul | obedienta | obedienții | obedientele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | obedient | obediente | obedienți | obediente | ||
definite | obedientului | obedientei | obedienților | obedientelor |
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