obsequious
adjective
[ əbˈsiːkwɪəs ]
• obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
• "they were served by obsequious waiters"
Similar:
servile,
ingratiating,
unctuous,
sycophantic,
fawning,
toadying,
oily,
oleaginous,
greasy,
grovelling,
cringing,
toadyish,
sycophantish,
subservient,
submissive,
slavish,
abject,
Uriah Heepish,
slimy,
bootlicking,
smarmy,
sucky,
soapy,
brown-nosing,
arse-licking,
bum-sucking,
kiss-ass,
ass-kissing,
Origin:
late 15th century (not depreciatory in sense in early use): from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium ‘compliance’, from obsequi ‘follow, comply with’.
