English Explanatory Dictionary

obsequent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Obedient; submissive; obsequious.
  2. Facing the opposite way of what would be expected, for example, a stream flowing towards higher elevation.
noun
  1. An obsequent geological feature.

Word forms

obsequent more obsequent most obsequent obsequents

Etymology

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

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