obsequent

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adjective

Obedient; submissive; obsequious.

OriginLatin obsequens →
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Meanings

adjectiveobsequent (comparative more obsequent, superlative most obsequent)

comparative more obsequent · superlative most obsequent

  1. obsoleteObedient; submissive; obsequious.

    an infinitive power[…]Which hee alwayes findeth plyant, and obsequent to his pleasure, euen against the proprietie of its owne particular nature.

    1622, Martin Fotherby, Atheomastix
  2. geographyFacing the opposite way of what would be expected, for example, a stream flowing towards higher elevation.
nounobsequent (plural obsequents)

plural obsequents

  1. geographyAn obsequent geological feature.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
docileobedientobsequioustractile

Origin

  1. Latinobsequens
  2. Englishobsequent

From Latin obsequens, present participle of obsequi, from ob (see ob-) + sequi. See sequence.

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APA

obsequent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obsequent

MLA

“obsequent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obsequent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “obsequent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obsequent.

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