Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

obsequiate

/əbˈsiː.kwi.eɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ob-se-quiate
IPA: /əbˈsiː.kwi.eɪt/

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be obsequious to (someone).

Literary; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Pope of Rome, being in an awful jolly humor, got off a joke. Some fine ladies went to obsequiate him, and carried a little girl along with them."
"“I am Potelin, Your Majesty’s Giwe of London, obsequiating Your Majesty:” says the bestial apostate."
"[I]n the theatrical function to which he had given his presence, I had merited in an imposing manner the homage which the respectable obsequiated me, and for this he most charmingly regaled me with an imposing coloured gum."

Etymology

From obsequi(ous) + -ate.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: obsequious

Usage

Inflected Forms

obsequiates (present, singular) obsequiating (participle, present) obsequiated (participle, past) obsequiated (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce obsequiate?: The recorded pronunciation is /əbˈsiː.kwi.eɪt/.
What does obsequiate mean?: To be obsequious to (someone).
Where does obsequiate come from?: From obsequi(ous) + -ate.

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