obsequent1
/ˈɒbsɪkw(ə)nt/ /ɒbˈsiːkw(ə)nt/rare after 17th cent
adjective
Compliant, yielding, obedient; deferential, servile.
- Webster's inclusion of the term might be taken to suggest continuous use from the mid 17th cent. and the 19th, but the word is apparently unattested in this period and is recorded in neither Bailey (1770) nor Richardson (1836); compare etymological note s.v. obsequience..
Origin
Early 16th century. From classical Latin obsequent-, obsequēns compliant, yielding, use as adjective of present participle of obsequī to follow or comply with.
obsequent2
/ˈɒbsɪkw(ə)nt/ /ɒbˈsiːkw(ə)nt/Geomorphology
adjective
1Of a stream, stream valley, or drainage pattern: having a course or character opposite to that of a consequent stream, stream valley, or drainage pattern, i.e. against the direction of dip of the strata.
2Of a fault-line scarp or related feature: having (as a result of differential erosion) a relief the reverse of that originally produced by the faulting.
noun
An obsequent stream.
Origin
Late 19th century. From ob- + -sequent.