a. [ L. obsequiosus, fr. obsequium compliance, fr. obsequi, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obséquieux, See Obsequent, and cf. Obsequy. ]
His servants weeping,
Obsequious to his orders, bear him hither. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
There lies ever in “obsequious” at the present the sense of an observance which is overdone, of an unmanly readiness to fall in with the will of another. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
Whilst I a while obsequiously lament
The untimely fall of virtuous Lancaster. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being obsequious. South. [ 1913 Webster ]