a. 谄媚的, 奉承的, 顺从的

Obsequious \Ob*se"qui*ous\, a. [L. obsequiosus, fr. obsequium
compliance, fr. obsequi, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obs['e]quieux,
See {Obsequent}, and cf. {Obsequy}.]
1. Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another;
compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.
[Obs.]

His servants weeping,
Obsequious to his orders, bear him hither.
--Addison.

2. Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess;
cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.

There lies ever in ``obsequious'' at the present the
sense of an observance which is overdone, of an
unmanly readiness to fall in with the will of
another. --Trench.

3. [See {Obsequy}.] Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.
[R.] ``To do obsequious sorrow.'' --Shak.

Syn: Compliant; obedient; servile. See {Yielding}.