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   obsequious

   /əbˈsiːkwɪəs/

   adjective

   • 1. obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree: "they were served by obsequious waiters"

   Word Origin late 15th century (not depreciatory in sense in early use): from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium ‘compliance’, from obsequi ‘follow, comply with’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. obsequiously adverb
   • 2. obsequiousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 21

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   • B

     3

   • S

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   • E

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   • Q

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   • U

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   • I

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