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obsequiously

adv

Etymology

From obsequious + -ly.

  1. derived from obsequiōsus
  2. inherited from obsequyous
  3. suffixed as obsequiously — “obsequious + ly”

Definitions

  1. In an obsequious manner.

    • Whilſt I a while obſequiouſly lament The vntimely fall of vertuous Lancaſter:[…]
    • “This way, Monsieur,” he said, and led the way up the broad, marble staircase. In another moment he had opened a door, and, drawing aside a heavy curtain, obsequiously bowed Tarzan into a dimly lighted apartment. Then Jacques vanished.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at obsequiously. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at obsequiously. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at obsequiously

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA