obsequiousness

obsequiousness

English

Etymology

obsequious +‎ -ness

Noun

obsequiousness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being obsequious; servile compliance.
   • 2018 May 9, George F. Will, “Trump is no longer the worst person in government”, in The Washington Post‎:

     The oleaginous Mike Pence, with his talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become America’s most repulsive public figure.

Translations

the quality of being obsequious

Armenian: քծնանք (hy) (kʿcnankʿ), քծինք (hy) (kʿcinkʿ) Dutch: kruiperigheid, onderworpenheid (nl) French: obséquiosité (fr) m Georgian: პირმოთნეობა (ṗirmotneoba) German: Unterwürfigkeit (de) f Greek: δουλοπρέπεια (el) f (douloprépeia) Irish: spleá f

Italian: cortigianeria f, ossequiosità f Japanese: 媚び (こび, kobi) Korean: 아첨 함 (acheom ham) Latin: obsequium n, obsequentia f Scottish Gaelic: ùmhlachd f Telugu: దాస్యము (te) (dāsyamu)