Associations to the word «Obsequious»

Wiktionary

OBSEQUIOUS, adjective. (archaic) Obedient, compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.
OBSEQUIOUS, adjective. Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey all instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.
OBSEQUIOUS, adjective. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal.

Dictionary definition

OBSEQUIOUS, adjective. Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.
OBSEQUIOUS, adjective. Attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; "obsequious shop assistants".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin