Defn: Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal. [R.] "To do obsequious sorrow." Shak.
Syn.
— Compliant; obedient; servile. See Yielding.
OBSEQUIOUSLY
Ob*se"qui*ous*ly, adv.
1. In an obsequious manner; compliantly; fawningly. Dryden.
2. In a manner appropriate to obsequies. [Obs.] Whilst I a while obsequiously lament The untimely fall of virtuous Lancaster. Shak.
OBSEQUIOUSNESS
Ob*se"qui*ous*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being obsequious. South.
OBSEQUY
Ob"se*quy, n.; pl. Obsequies. Etym: [L. obsequiae, pl., funeral
rites, fr. obsequi: cf.F. obsèques. See Obsequent, and cf.
Obsequious.]
1. The last duty or service to a person, rendered after his death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial; — now used only in the plural. Spencer. I will…fetch him hence, and solemnly attend, With silent obsequy and funeral train. Milton I will myself Be the chief mourner at his obsequies. Dryden. The funeral obsequies were decently and privately performed by his family J. P. Mahaffy.
2. Obsequiousness. [Obs.] B. Jonson.