obsequiousness

English

Etymology

obsequious +‎ -ness

Noun

obsequiousness (uncountable)

The quality of being obsequious; servile compliance.
- 2018 May 9, George F. Will, “Trump is no longer the worst person in government”, in The Washington Post‎:
  The oleaginous Mike Pence, with his talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become America’s most repulsive public figure.

Translations

the quality of being obsequious

Armenian: քծնանք (hy) (kʿcnankʿ), քծինք (hy) (kʿcinkʿ)
Dutch: kruiperigheid, onderworpenheid (nl)
French: obséquiosité (fr) m
Georgian: პირმოთნეობა (ṗirmotneoba)
German: Unterwürfigkeit (de) f
Greek: δουλοπρέπεια (el) f (douloprépeia)
Irish: spleá f

Italian: cortigianeria f, ossequiosità f
Japanese: 媚び (こび, kobi)
Korean: 아첨 함 (acheom ham)
Latin: obsequium n, obsequentia f
Scottish Gaelic: ùmhlachd f
Telugu: దాస్యము (te) (dāsyamu)

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