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obsequious \ob-SEE-kwee-us\ , adjective:
Servilely attentive; compliant to excess; fawning.
His wealth nevertheless turns the townspeople into groveling, obsequious sycophants.
-- Stephen Holden, "The Best Man': When She Says 'I Do,' She Means 'Not You'", New York Times, August 14, 1998
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