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OBSEQUIOUS
Definition of OBSEQUIOUS
adjective
Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English obsequyous, from Latin obsequiōsus (“complaisant, obsequious”), from obsequium (“compliance”), from obsequor (“comply with, yield to”), from ob (“in the direction of, towards”) + sequor (“follow”) (cf. sequel).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OBSEQUIOUS · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OBSEQUIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 73 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBSEQUIOUS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEIOOQSSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, S and U appear more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start OBSEQU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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