Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OB-SE'QUI-OUS-NESS
OB-SE'QUI-OUS-NESS, n.
- Ready obedience; prompt, compliance with the orders of a superior.
- Servile submission; mean or excessive complaisance. They apply themselves both to his interest and humor, with all the arts of flattery and obsequiousness. South.
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