Obeisant

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Obeisant \O*bei"sant\, a. [F. ob['e]issant, p. pr. of ob['e]ir
     to obey.]
     Ready to obey; reverent; deferential; also, servilely
     submissive.
     [1913 Webster]



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "obeisant":
     abject, backscratching, beggarly, bootlicking, cowering, crawling,
     cringing, crouching, deferential, fawning, flattering, footlicking,
     groveling, hangdog, ingratiating, mealymouthed, menial, obsequious,
     on bended knee, parasitic, prone, prostrate, servile, slavish,
     sniveling, sponging, submissive, subservient, sycophantic,
     timeserving, toadeating, toadying, toadyish, truckling