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obedientadj.n. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French obediant, obedient. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman obediant, obedient and Old French obedient (early 12th cent.) < classical Latin oboedient- , oboediēns obedient, submissive, use as adjective (also as noun (singular and plural), denoting an obedient person or group of people) of present participle of oboedire obey v. Compare Italian ubbidiente (1288; a1250 as ubidente), Spanish obediente (a1250), Portuguese obediente (13th cent.).The β. forms show northern Middle English and Older Scots alteration of the ending after -and suffix1. Compare obeisand adj. A. adj. I. Of a person, attribute, etc.: demonstrating or characterized by obedience. 1. society > authority > subjection > obedience > [adjective] > obedient ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 311 Twa wimmen..beon obedient to hare dame inalle þing. c1350 (Harl. 874) (1961) 171 (MED) Holy chirche regneþ & is fre to seruen god & obedient to þe prelates. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) 2 Cor. ii. 9 In alle thingis ȝe ben obedyent. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 73v Seruantis, beþ obedient to Ȝoure fleischlich lordis with fere and drede & schakinge. c1400 (Bodl.) 183 (MED) Breþeren, ȝif ony is not obedient to oure word, markeþ him, and comune ȝe not wiþ him. a1425 Ordination of Nuns (Lansd.) in E. A. Kock (1902) 142 (MED) Forsake þine awne propir will & liffe vndir obedience & be obediant principally to þi priores & to þi elders in þe ordir. c1475 (1969) 744 (MED) All þis world was not aprehensyble To dyscharge þin orygynall offence..Tyll Godys own welbelouyde son was obedient and passyble. a1500 (c1400) (Adv.) (1843) 1944 Louyd ay God..And to hym euer obeydyand were. 1535 Psalms civ. [cv.] 28 They were not obedient vnto his worde. 1585 III. 383/2 His obedient, lawtifull and trustie subiectis. 1610 in J. R. N. Macphail (1920) III. 119 Law byding subiectis, who..ar ansuerable and obedyent to iustice. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi 158 The obedient executor of your commands. 1667 J. Milton xii. 246 Such delight hath God in Men Obedient to his will. View more context for this quotation 1715 D. Defoe I. i. Introd. 2 To be made obedient to what they already know. a1790 B. Franklin (1981) App. 2. 178 Be to thy parents an Obedient Son Each Day let Duty constantly be Done. 1849 A. Alison (new ed.) I. iv. 561 The armed force..is essentially obedient—it acts, but should never deliberate. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato (ed. 2) III. 702 They were obedient to the laws. 1916 E. H. Porter iii. 34 And the boy, dazed but obedient, put up his violin, and followed the woman. 1984 D. Leavitt 187 All night he was the perfect son, the obedient little boy. society > authority > subjection > [adjective] a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 146v Rauenes fiȝtiþ stronglyche..and he þat is ouercome is obedient to þe victor. a1425 (a1400) (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 4072 (MED) Fra þat tyme..sal na man be bughsome, Ne obedient to þe kirk of Rome. ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 10 Contreys þat ben obedyent to the Emperour. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius (Douce) f. 16v (MED) Neyþer Gaynes of garnementis, gold ne siluer..makiþ oure enemyes sugettis ne obedient vnto vs, but onliche drede of dowtynesse of dedes of armes. a1500 (?a1450) (Harl. 7333) (1879) 5 A sprit [read spirit] obediente to a new gouernaunce. ?c1510 tr. sig. Bivv [It] is not obedient to the chyrch of Rome. 1907 13 72 After Dalmatia one must pass through regions not obedient to Rome. 1970 85 123 Ribadenaeira laments the sorry state of affairs in Britain, one of the oldest provinces of the Christian Church..,which had been obedient to Rome for nearly a thousand years. the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > conventional or deferential 1543 in A. I. Cameron (1927) 19 Vrytin..be your grace..mast obedient servitour. 1548 f. cxxxvij This subscribed by your humble and obedient sonne Frances. 1618 W. Barclay sig. Avij So ceasing to prosecute this warsh matter of water, I will never cease to continue Your L. most humble and obedient seruitour. 1681 in H. Ellis (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 66 I am so entirely myself as being, Sir, Your most obedient and most devoted servant, Z. Isham. 1749 H. Fielding V. xv. v. 230 I shall make no Disturbance before the Ladies. I am very well satisfied. Your humble Servant, Sir; Lady Bellaston, your most obedient . View more context for this quotation 1780 R. B. Sheridan i. i. 4 Snake. Mr. Surface, your most obedient. (Exit.) Joseph. Mr. Snake, your most obedient. c1820 in (1831) II. 400 Allow me to..subscribe myself..your obedient, humble servant, J. R. Brancaleoni. 1845 W. D. Macray Ded. To the Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel,..this volume is..dedicated, by his obedient and obliged servant. 1885 24 Nov. 10/4 You will greatly oblige, Sir, Your obedient servant. 1930 L. Hutchinson Let. 11 Jan. in K. Gregory (1978) 27 But I decline to accept ‘Victorian's’ dictum that I must sign myself ‘always’ (or even for a moment) ‘your obedient servant’. 1946 E. Gray 59 The two rooms and the closet will furnish yr. obdt. with lecture rooms and office. 1993 Sept. 80/3 The Un-British Crossword, which your obedient servant inaugurated in the first issue of SPY back in October 1986..is meant to be Englishly nifty, yes, but also robustly American. society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > compliant c1400 (a1376) W. Langland (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. xi. 191 Obedient as breþeren & sustren to oþere. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) i. 2362 Allas, Iason, whi wil ȝe not appese Ȝour manly corage... And to my counseil ben obedient. 1496 J. Alcock (de Worde) sig. Ciij Yf we be obedient vnto our heedys, god is obedyent vnto our prayers. a1586 Sir P. Sidney (1598) iv. 401 The Queene, to whom besides the obedient duetie they ow'de to her state, they had always caried a singular loue. a1625 J. Fletcher Loyal Subj. iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. Eee2/1 Now you have moulded us..to easie and obedient waies, uncrooked. 1644 J. Milton 17 How goodly..were such an obedient unanimity as this. a1680 Earl of Rochester iii. i. 33 In all obedient haste I went to Court. 1706 C. Cibber i. 44 I'm that wretched Maid forlorn, Whose long obedient Hate to you and yours, The forceful Virtues of Perolla have Dissolv'd. 1753 R. Glover ii. i. 22 One gentle word bestow, And I will leave thee with obedient haste. a1797 W. Mason Elfrida in (1811) II. 44 My honest rage O'erleaps obedient duty. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in 2nd Ser. I. 260 He lacks the homage and obedient affection which the poorest yeoman receives from his family. 1871 H. N. Oxenham Mediæval Influences in 138 To Him due honour we accord Unlimited, unquestioning, entire, The perfect service of obedient love. 1900 J. Conrad xv. 181 He followed me as manageable as a little child, with an obedient air. 1951 60 135 A moral code based on the one notion of obedient love. 1993 D. James (BNC) i Clive Kemp was not the kind of man to inspire such respectful, obedient haste. II. Of a thing: that exhibits a natural or involuntary obedience. the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > [adjective] > type of sign a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) vii. 1420 (MED) Botercadent..of his kinde obedient Is to Mercurie and to Venus. a1450 ( G. Chaucer ii. §28 33 These croked signes ben obedient to the signes that ben of right ascensioun. the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > actuated by something a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 203v He fyndeþ matier more able and obedient to his worchynge, þe more noble impressioun he prenteþ þer Inne. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 27v Þis puls..comeþ..of þe naschnes of þe lime þat is obedient to þe spredinge a brood. a1400 tr. Lanfranc (Ashm.) (1894) 26 (MED) Þis arterie is y-clepid venales, &..for as myche as he ne haþ but oon coote..he is þe more obedient to be drawe abrood þoruȝ out alle þe lungis. c1450 (?c1400) tr. Honorius Augustodunensis (1909) 6 (MED) To god alle þinges lyven & her creature feelen..floodes & wawis of þe see feelen him; for to þe places þat þei comen fro þei ben obedient to flowe ageyn; all wyndes & þe see feelen him, for at his wille þei ben obedient to rise & falle. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in f. 75 (MED) Jf it is so þat an arowe is not obedient to be drawen out anoon aftir þat sche is schoten, þanne it bihoueþ þat þou lete yt resten in pees in to þe tyme þat þe fleisch be rotid. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton (BL Add.) (1975) 1983 (MED) The cause of odours to know if ye delyte, Fowre thingis therto be requysite: First that subtile matere be obedient To the worching of hete. 1551 T. Wilson sig. Liijv Other efficient causes that are obedient, are but instrumentes of dooyng, as hatchettes, hammers. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. i. 86 My wife and I..floating..obedient to the streame, Was carried towards Corinth, as we thought. View more context for this quotation 1696 T. D'Urfey iii. v. i. 48 Pray mind me, Sir, to shew my Shape and Aire; that as the Loadstone does the obedient Iron——should draw by force to me all Hearts but yours. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti I. 27/1 The Ash is accounted very obedient in all manner of Works. 1749 J. Cleland II. 243 My thighs, now obedient to the intimations of love and nature, gladly disclose. 1800 ‘A. Pasquin’ 50 Attun'd by every social Love, I swept the obedient lyre. 1831 M. W. Shelley (rev. ed.) 10 Why not still proceed over the untamed yet obedient element? 1857 H. T. Buckle I. vii. 344 Soldiers live upon an element much more obedient to man. a1902 F. Norris (1903) iii. 98 In the Wheat Pit the bids, no longer obedient of restraint, began one by one to burst out, like the first isolated shots of a skirmish line. 1990 11 Feb. 5/1 (advt.) Now the compact 190 can offer handling that's sharper than ever before, a nose that's more obedient, suspension that will relish the tightish left-hander you're lining up. B. n.society > authority > subjection > obedience > [noun] > one who obeys a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. (Rawl.) (1898) 206 (MED) Soner Is graciously hardyn oone Prayere of the obedient, than ten thowsante of oon rebelloure othyr an evill lyuere. ?a1534 H. Medwall i. 385 I dyd never assent ne aggre To thynge that sholde be contraryouse unto the—I of synfull ded and thought all innocent, I subduyed to Reason as hys obedyent. 1572 in J. H. Burton (1878) 1st Ser. II. 153 With ane force of his hienes obedient subjectis, quhairthrow the obedientes micht be decernit fra the inobedientes. 1602 ( D. Lindsay (Charteris) sig. P3 Heir ar we cumde as ȝour obedients, For to fulfill ȝour iust commandements. 1626 C. Potter tr. P. Sarpi ii. 81 Apt to condemne and reprehend any action whatsoeuer, if it were not done with their knowledge and counsell, as also to iustifie all the actions of their Obedients. 1662 J. Ray ii. 159 Here [i.e. in Glasgow] are most commonly about forty students of the first year, which they call obedients. 1772–4 R. Warner iv. iv. 64 Your orders are obey'd with expedition——To the obedient, orders are well given. 1793 H. Boyd 246 It was, by our high-fortun'd state to shew The nations round what glories crown the heads Of the obedient. 1837 M. W. Shelley I. x. 178 They did not take the usual position of father and child,——the instructor and instructed——the commander and the obedient. 1889 XVIII. 39/2 He constantly visited different monasteries, exhorting the obedient and punishing the negligent. 1902 J. London Law of Life in 41 There were plenty who were obedient, and it was only the obedience in this matter, not the obedient, which lived and lived always. 1919 R. Kipling 143 (title) The obedient. 1931 L. Binyon tr. Dante Inferno iv, in II. 249 Moses, the obedient and the law-giver. Compounds the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > North American 1900 A. B. Lyons (ed. 2) 287 P[hysostegia] virginiana... Canada and Eastern U.S. False Dragon-head. Obedient plant, Lion's-heart. 1948 F. Perry v. 103 P[hysostegia] virginiana, sometimes known as the Obedient Plant because the individual sage-like blossoms on the flower spikes may be moved from side to side and remain as placed. 1993 Oct. 63/3 Plants that grow well alongside asters and bloom at the same time include..lilies, obedient plants, roses, sunflowers, and tick clovers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  adj.n.?c1225 |
