His servants weeping, Obsequious to his orders, bear
him hither. --Addison.
2. Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess;
cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.
There lies ever in ``obsequious'' at the present the
sense of an observance which is overdone, of an
unmanly readiness to fall in with the will of
another. --Trench.
3. [See {Obsequy}.] Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.
[R.] ``To do obsequious sorrow.'' --Shak.
Syn: Compliant; obedient; servile. See {Yielding}.