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单词 obsequence
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obsequencen.

Brit. /ˈɒbsᵻkw(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˈɑbsəkw(ə)ns/, /ˈɑbsəˌkwɛns/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin obsequentia.
Etymology: < classical Latin obsequentia compliance, deference ( < obsequent- , obsequēns obsequent adj.1 + -ia -ia suffix1); compare -ence suffix. Compare slightly earlier obsequent adj.1 and later obsequency n., obsequience n.
U.S. in later use. rare.
Compliance, complaisance, obsequiousness; deference, servility. Cf. obsequience n.Apparently unattested in the later 17th and 18th centuries; cf. obsequent adj.1
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society > authority > subjection > service > [noun] > willing
obsequya1425
obsequiousness1447
serviceableness1481
obsequence?c1525
obsequency1595
appliancea1616
?c1525 (a1503) Receyt Ladie Kateryne (Coll. Arms M.13) (1990) iii. 44 From thens thei ascendid to the aultier..there doyng the obsequens the rehersid honourable company of bushoppys, abbottes, and othir prelates of the Chirche.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1153 More force of law, than voluntary obsequence.
1622 W. Scot Course Conformitie 47 Insinuating them by flatterie and obsequence into the princes favour.
1886 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Obsequence, obsequiousness.
1972 J. C. Hsiung Law & Policy in China's Foreign Relations vii. 135 Russians in China were given the most generous treatment even to the point of obsequence.
1988 N. I. Huggins in Revelations (1995) xii. 116 As a final obsequence, he submitted himself to the humiliation of a ‘honorable surrender’ before Senator McCarthy and his committee.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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