† obsequencyn.
Obsolete. rare.
= obsequence n.
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the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun]
fawninga1350
submission?a1439
overlowness1496
servility1573
servilenessa1594
obsequency1595
obsequiousness1613
cringing1617
slavishnessa1620
vernility1623
servulating1637
suppleness1638
sneakinga1657
subserviency1669
fawningness1672
subservience1680
cringingness1695
truckling1820
obsequience1830
flunkeyism1831
servilism1831
spanielship1832
toadyism1840
flunkeydom1850
oleaginousness1853
vassalism1854
toadying1863
grovel1892
obsequity1892
crawlsomeness1900
serfishness1906
oleosity?1920
ass-kissing1936
society > authority > subjection > service > [noun] > willing
obsequya1425
obsequiousness1447
serviceableness1481
obsequence?c1525
obsequency1595
appliancea1616
society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > submission > [noun] > submission to another's superior claims or quality
obsequency1595
application1605
deferency1678
deference1702
obsequience1830
1595 S. Ward Diary 20 July in M. M. Knappen Two Elizabethan Puritan Diaries (1933) 110 My to much obsequency and flattery of Mr. Greaves.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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