obeisantadj.n.

Brit.

/ə(ʊ)ˈbeɪsnt/,

/ə(ʊ)ˈbiːsnt/, U.S.

/oʊˈbeɪs(ə)nt/,

/oʊˈbis(ə)nt/

Forms:

α. Middle English obecyant, Middle English obeiceant, Middle English obeisaunt, Middle English obeisaunte, Middle English obeissan (transmission error), Middle English obeissant, Middle English obeissaunt, Middle English obeyciaunte, Middle English obeysante, Middle English obeysaunte, Middle English obeyssant, Middle English obeyssaunt, Middle English obeyssiant, Middle English obysaunt, Middle English–1500s obeysaunt, Middle English–1700s obeysant, Middle English– obeisant, 1600s obezant; Scottish pre-1700 obaysant, pre-1700 obeciant, pre-1700 obeysant, pre-1700 obeysaunt, pre-1700 obeyzantt, pre-1700 1700s– obeisant.

β. Middle English obeischaunt, Middle English obeischawnt, Middle English obeisschaunt, Middle English obeschaunt, Middle English obeschaunte, Middle English obeshaunt, Middle English obeyschaunt, Middle English obeyshaunt.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French obeisant, obeissant.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman obeisant, obeisaunt, obeissaunt, obesant, obesaunt and obeissant, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French obeissant (late 12th cent. as adjective, late 14th cent. as noun), present participle of Anglo-Norman, Old French obeir obey v.; compare -ant suffix¹. N.E.D. (1902) gives only the pronunciation (obēⁱ·sănt) /əʊˈbeɪsənt/.

A. adj.

†1. Frequently with to.

a. = obedient adj. 1a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > [adjective] > obedient

hearsumc900

buxomc1175

obedient?c1225

yherec1315

obeisantc1325

obeyant1417

obeishinga1425

obeyand?a1425

obeisand?c1450

morigeratea1533

morigerousc1600

parent1656

biddable1826

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 10355 (MED) Þou to god & to holichirche obeysant were.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. xxiv. 7 We schull ben obeyschaunt.

c1395 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 66 A markys whilom lord was of that lond..And obeisant [v.rr. obeisaunt, obeissan] ay redy to his hond Were alle his liges.

?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 277 (MED) Clerkis be meke & obeschaunt to worldly lordis.

c1450 tr. Secreta Secret. (Royal) 4 He..found hem more lowly and obeyshaunt to him than any othir were.

c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 30 Youre obeissauntes subgettis.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 106 That a knycht aw tobe obeysaunt till quham yat [etc.].

1522 Queen Margaret in J. Small Poet. Wks. G. Douglas (1874) I. p. cii I salbe your humbill and obeysant sister in all thing.

1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. b.iiii We youre..moste obeysaunt leage people.

1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xiii. 164 Be obeysant to God and mans Lawis.

1593 in W. Fraser Mem. Maxwells of Pollok (1863) II. 175 Ȝouris obeyzantt at all powar.

1672 E. Ravenscroft Citizen turn'd Gentleman i. i. 2 Ho, ho, dat be ver well, here be your tres humble, and tres obeisant vallet.

b. = obedient adj. 1b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > [adjective]

underheilda1300

underlouta1300

underling?1370

subjecta1382

obeisantc1390

obedienta1398

subditc1430

subordinatec1485

subjugal?c1500

liablec1571

subaltern1581

regardant1583

obnoxious1591

vassal1594

servient1606

subservient1638

succumbent1647

ancillary1667

secondary1667

supposite1677

discretional1776

obedientiary1794

heteronomousa1871

satellite1882

c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 264 The reson of man ne wol nat be subget ne obeisaunt to god that is his lord by right.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 2795 (MED) To his Empire and to his lawes..alle in thilke dawes Were obeissant and tribut bere.

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 170 All þeise londes..ben all obeyssant to the grete Chane.

c1450 (?c1400) Three Kings Cologne (Cambr. Ee.4.32) (1886) 114 (MED) Þei of Ynde be obeysaunt to þe patriark Thomas.

1485 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden (1527) ii. viii. 66 [He] made them all longe and be obeyssaunt to y^e kyngdome of Rome.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 641 (MED) Ye haue me helped..to conquere the londes..that by youre helpinges beth alle to me obeysaunt.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. iii. iv. f. 22/2 Al regionis circulit with y^e occeane sees ar obeysant to Romane lawis.

c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1929) IV. ii. 9986 The quhilk kingis..War obeysant to his will.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxxi. vii. 410 They..joyned themselves unto him, as duetiful and obeisant allyes.

c. = obedient adj. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [adjective] > complying or conceding

accordantc1350

obeisantc1390

comingc1576

easya1616

concessive1632

compliable1641

concessory1641

compliant1642

condescentious1651

conceding1656

complying1668

favourable1734

concessional1765

c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 997 A man or a womman be obeisant to receyuen the penaunce that hym is enioyned.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 41 Þai schuld..be obeischaunt to myne askynges.

a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 3070 (MED) What he comaundiþ, þei ben obysaunt To do.

d. = obedient adj. 5. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > actuated by something

obedienta1398

obeisanta1400

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 136 (MED) Þilke blood is not viscat in þe substaunce of dure matris..wherfore he is more obeisschaunt to þe attraccioun of medicyns.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. 394 (MED) Of the heuenly cours the disposicioun Is obeissaunt & soget to resoun.

a1475 Asneth 371 in Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. (1910) 9 242 (MED) Stonis grete & wateris of hyght depnesse..to þi vois obeisant..wyl nawt offende þi maundementis.

1818 H. H. Milman Samor vii. 178 The bark obeisant to its dashing oars.

2. Showing respect or deference, deferential; servile, obsequious. Also: bending in homage, bowing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective]

go-by-ground?a1300

thrall1398

abjectc1430

manly?c1430

servicious1440

serviceable1483

servile1537

tame1563

slavish1565

demiss1572

submissive1572

cringing1579

fawning1585

incrouching?1593

vassal1594

scraping1599

obsequious1602

spaniel1606

observing1609

deprostrate1610

supplea1616

vernile1623

shrugging1629

wormy1640

compliable1641

thrall-like1641

obeisant1642

inservient1646

truckling1656

cringeling1693

benecking1705

subservient1714

footman-like1776

bingeing1805

sidling1821

toadying1863

crawlsome1904

toadyish1909

crawling1941

ass-kissing1942

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adjective] > bowing or curtseying

ducking1530

louting1602

bowing1725

bingeing1805

salaaming1816

curtsying1870

obeisant1900

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 99 If Eglon an heathen King, hearing of a charge from God was so obeysant, as to come off his throne, and worship God.

1734 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd (new ed.) iv. ii. 71 Obeysant Servants, Honour, Wealth, and Ease.

a1739 S. Wesley To Memory of Francis Gastrell in Poems (1743) 105 Practise th'obeisant Cringe.

1804 J. Galt Battle of Largs ii. 16 His shining throne the King ascends, Obeisant all th'assembly bends.

1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity IV. ix. viii. 199 They were commanded to be the obeisant executioners of punishments..of which they did not admit the justice.

1878 in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 27 The obeisant slaves would bring rare cups.

1900 Expositor Jan. 77 Joseph dreams of obeisant sheaf and obeisant star.

1962 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 27 317/2 A highly obeisant individual..would not feel that it is part of his rightful role to share influence with his superior.

1975 J. Montague Slow Dance in Coll. Poems (1995) 315 To defy custom, redeem the ordinary, with trembling heart and obeisant knee to kneel, prostrate ourselves again.

1989 P. Mailloux Hesitation before Birth vi. 91 The crowd of friends, Kajka felt, distorted Brad, made him seem unattractive. Sometimes they were too obeisant, ‘a ready made echo’.

†B. n.

A person who is obedient or subject to authority; a subordinate, a servant. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [noun]

esnec950

hindc1230

servant1340

servitor1419

ministrer?a1425

servera1425

myrona1450

obeisantc1475

servient1541

lout1567

squire1570

roguea1616

administer1677

minion1820

ancillary1867

sweater1900

c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 30 Defaute of largesse to youre obeissauntes.

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 110 A distinction betwixt a Iesuit commandant, and a Iesuit obeisant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	obeisant
释义	obeisantadj.n. Brit. /ə(ʊ)ˈbeɪsnt/, /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːsnt/, U.S. /oʊˈbeɪs(ə)nt/, /oʊˈbis(ə)nt/ Forms: α. Middle English obecyant, Middle English obeiceant, Middle English obeisaunt, Middle English obeisaunte, Middle English obeissan (transmission error), Middle English obeissant, Middle English obeissaunt, Middle English obeyciaunte, Middle English obeysante, Middle English obeysaunte, Middle English obeyssant, Middle English obeyssaunt, Middle English obeyssiant, Middle English obysaunt, Middle English–1500s obeysaunt, Middle English–1700s obeysant, Middle English– obeisant, 1600s obezant; Scottish pre-1700 obaysant, pre-1700 obeciant, pre-1700 obeysant, pre-1700 obeysaunt, pre-1700 obeyzantt, pre-1700 1700s– obeisant. β. Middle English obeischaunt, Middle English obeischawnt, Middle English obeisschaunt, Middle English obeschaunt, Middle English obeschaunte, Middle English obeshaunt, Middle English obeyschaunt, Middle English obeyshaunt. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French obeisant, obeissant. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman obeisant, obeisaunt, obeissaunt, obesant, obesaunt and obeissant, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French obeissant (late 12th cent. as adjective, late 14th cent. as noun), present participle of Anglo-Norman, Old French obeir obey v.; compare -ant suffix¹. N.E.D. (1902) gives only the pronunciation (obēⁱ·sănt) /əʊˈbeɪsənt/. A. adj. †1. Frequently with to. a. = obedient adj. 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > [adjective] > obedient hearsumc900 buxomc1175 obedient?c1225 yherec1315 obeisantc1325 obeyant1417 obeishinga1425 obeyand?a1425 obeisand?c1450 morigeratea1533 morigerousc1600 parent1656 biddable1826 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 10355 (MED) Þou to god & to holichirche obeysant were. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. xxiv. 7 We schull ben obeyschaunt. c1395 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 66 A markys whilom lord was of that lond..And obeisant [v.rr. obeisaunt, obeissan] ay redy to his hond Were alle his liges. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 277 (MED) Clerkis be meke & obeschaunt to worldly lordis. c1450 tr. Secreta Secret. (Royal) 4 He..found hem more lowly and obeyshaunt to him than any othir were. c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 30 Youre obeissauntes subgettis. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 106 That a knycht aw tobe obeysaunt till quham yat [etc.]. 1522 Queen Margaret in J. Small Poet. Wks. G. Douglas (1874) I. p. cii I salbe your humbill and obeysant sister in all thing. 1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. b.iiii We youre..moste obeysaunt leage people. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xiii. 164 Be obeysant to God and mans Lawis. 1593 in W. Fraser Mem. Maxwells of Pollok (1863) II. 175 Ȝouris obeyzantt at all powar. 1672 E. Ravenscroft Citizen turn'd Gentleman i. i. 2 Ho, ho, dat be ver well, here be your tres humble, and tres obeisant vallet. b. = obedient adj. 1b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [adjective] underheilda1300 underlouta1300 underling?1370 subjecta1382 obeisantc1390 obedienta1398 subditc1430 subordinatec1485 subjugal?c1500 liablec1571 subaltern1581 regardant1583 obnoxious1591 vassal1594 servient1606 subservient1638 succumbent1647 ancillary1667 secondary1667 supposite1677 discretional1776 obedientiary1794 heteronomousa1871 satellite1882 c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 264 The reson of man ne wol nat be subget ne obeisaunt to god that is his lord by right. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 2795 (MED) To his Empire and to his lawes..alle in thilke dawes Were obeissant and tribut bere. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 170 All þeise londes..ben all obeyssant to the grete Chane. c1450 (?c1400) Three Kings Cologne (Cambr. Ee.4.32) (1886) 114 (MED) Þei of Ynde be obeysaunt to þe patriark Thomas. 1485 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden (1527) ii. viii. 66 [He] made them all longe and be obeyssaunt to y^e kyngdome of Rome. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 641 (MED) Ye haue me helped..to conquere the londes..that by youre helpinges beth alle to me obeysaunt. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. iii. iv. f. 22/2 Al regionis circulit with y^e occeane sees ar obeysant to Romane lawis. c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1929) IV. ii. 9986 The quhilk kingis..War obeysant to his will. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxxi. vii. 410 They..joyned themselves unto him, as duetiful and obeisant allyes. c. = obedient adj. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [adjective] > complying or conceding accordantc1350 obeisantc1390 comingc1576 easya1616 concessive1632 compliable1641 concessory1641 compliant1642 condescentious1651 conceding1656 complying1668 favourable1734 concessional1765 c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 997 A man or a womman be obeisant to receyuen the penaunce that hym is enioyned. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 41 Þai schuld..be obeischaunt to myne askynges. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 3070 (MED) What he comaundiþ, þei ben obysaunt To do. d. = obedient adj. 5. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > actuated by something obedienta1398 obeisanta1400 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 136 (MED) Þilke blood is not viscat in þe substaunce of dure matris..wherfore he is more obeisschaunt to þe attraccioun of medicyns. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. 394 (MED) Of the heuenly cours the disposicioun Is obeissaunt & soget to resoun. a1475 Asneth 371 in Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. (1910) 9 242 (MED) Stonis grete & wateris of hyght depnesse..to þi vois obeisant..wyl nawt offende þi maundementis. 1818 H. H. Milman Samor vii. 178 The bark obeisant to its dashing oars. 2. Showing respect or deference, deferential; servile, obsequious. Also: bending in homage, bowing. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective] go-by-ground?a1300 thrall1398 abjectc1430 manly?c1430 servicious1440 serviceable1483 servile1537 tame1563 slavish1565 demiss1572 submissive1572 cringing1579 fawning1585 incrouching?1593 vassal1594 scraping1599 obsequious1602 spaniel1606 observing1609 deprostrate1610 supplea1616 vernile1623 shrugging1629 wormy1640 compliable1641 thrall-like1641 obeisant1642 inservient1646 truckling1656 cringeling1693 benecking1705 subservient1714 footman-like1776 bingeing1805 sidling1821 toadying1863 crawlsome1904 toadyish1909 crawling1941 ass-kissing1942 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adjective] > bowing or curtseying ducking1530 louting1602 bowing1725 bingeing1805 salaaming1816 curtsying1870 obeisant1900 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 99 If Eglon an heathen King, hearing of a charge from God was so obeysant, as to come off his throne, and worship God. 1734 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd (new ed.) iv. ii. 71 Obeysant Servants, Honour, Wealth, and Ease. a1739 S. Wesley To Memory of Francis Gastrell in Poems (1743) 105 Practise th'obeisant Cringe. 1804 J. Galt Battle of Largs ii. 16 His shining throne the King ascends, Obeisant all th'assembly bends. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity IV. ix. viii. 199 They were commanded to be the obeisant executioners of punishments..of which they did not admit the justice. 1878 in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 27 The obeisant slaves would bring rare cups. 1900 Expositor Jan. 77 Joseph dreams of obeisant sheaf and obeisant star. 1962 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 27 317/2 A highly obeisant individual..would not feel that it is part of his rightful role to share influence with his superior. 1975 J. Montague Slow Dance in Coll. Poems (1995) 315 To defy custom, redeem the ordinary, with trembling heart and obeisant knee to kneel, prostrate ourselves again. 1989 P. Mailloux Hesitation before Birth vi. 91 The crowd of friends, Kajka felt, distorted Brad, made him seem unattractive. Sometimes they were too obeisant, ‘a ready made echo’. †B. n. A person who is obedient or subject to authority; a subordinate, a servant. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [noun] esnec950 hindc1230 servant1340 servitor1419 ministrer?a1425 servera1425 myrona1450 obeisantc1475 servient1541 lout1567 squire1570 roguea1616 administer1677 minion1820 ancillary1867 sweater1900 c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 30 Defaute of largesse to youre obeissauntes. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 110 A distinction betwixt a Iesuit commandant, and a Iesuit obeisant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1325
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