different between obsequious vs fangirl

English

Etymology

From Latin obsequi?sus (“complaisant, obsequious”) , from obsequium (“compliance”), from obsequor (“comply with, yield to”), from ob (“in the direction of, towards”) + sequor (“follow”) (see sequel).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?b?si?kwi.?s/

Adjective

obsequious (comparative more obsequious, superlative most obsequious)

1. (archaic) Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.
2. Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.
   • 1927, Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, p. 20

     Translation falls especially short of this conceit which carries the whole flamboyance of the Spanish language. It was intended as an obsequious flattery of the Condesa, and was untrue.
3. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal.

Synonyms

• (obedient): See also Thesaurus:obedient
• (fawning or subservient): fawning, ingratiating, servile, slavish, sycophantic, truckling, smarmy, asskissing ; see also Thesaurus:sycophantic

Derived terms

• obsequiously
• obsequiousness

Related terms

Translations

References

English

Etymology

fan +? girl

Noun

fangirl (plural fangirls)

1. (fandom slang) A female fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, someone or something in popular entertainment media).

   Synonyms: fanne, femfan, femme fan

   Coordinate term: fanboy

Derived terms

• fangirlish
• fangirlism

Translations

Verb

fangirl (third-person singular simple present fangirls, present participle fangirling, simple past and past participle fangirled)

1. (intransitive) To behave like a fangirl; to be obsequious, star-struck, boy crazy, etc.
   • 2015, Tyler Oakley, Binge, Simon and Schuster (?ISBN)

     I bought the magazines, ran home after work, filmed myself flipping through the pages—half legitimately fangirling over the boys, half making fun of people like myself who fangirl over the boys.

Anagrams

• farling, flaring