The Only Use
obsequious
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
(Edited)
- Many a duteous and knee-crooking knave
That, doting on his own obsequious bondage,
Wears out his time, much like...Scene 1.1obsequious = excessively eager to flatter or serve
Definitions:
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(1)
(obsequious) too eager to please, flatter, or obey someone -- often in a way that seems insincere
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)