different between obsequious vs invisible

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

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Translations

References

English

Etymology

From Old French invisible, from Late Latin inv?sibilis

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?n-v?z'?-b?l, IPA^(key): /?n?v?z?b(?)l/

Adjective

invisible (not comparable)

1. Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.
   • 2013, Jayne Smith, Guide to Basic Garment Assembly for the Fashion Industry (page 60)

     The teeth on an invisible zip are different from those on a conventional zip, as they are turned onto the inside so that they do not show, giving the impression of being concealed in the seam, as seen below.

   Antonyms: apparent, visible

2. Not appearing on the surface.

   Synonyms: (colloquial) invis, hidden, latent

3. (Internet) Apparently, but not actually, offline.

4. (psychology) That is ignored by a person.

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Translations

Verb

invisible (third-person singular simple present invisibles, present participle invisibling, simple past and past participle invisibled)

1. To make invisible, to invisiblize.

Noun

invisible (plural invisibles)

1. (obsolete) An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being.
2. (obsolete) A Rosicrucian; so called because avoiding declaration of his craft.
3. (obsolete) One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shipley to this entry?)

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin inv?sibilis.

Adjective

invisible (epicene, plural invisibles)

1. invisible (unable to be seen)

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin inv?sibilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /im.vi?zi.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /im.bi?zi.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /im.vi?zi.ble/

Adjective

invisible (masculine and feminine plural invisibles)

1. invisible

   Antonym: visible

Derived terms

• invisiblement

Related terms

• invisibilitat

French

Etymology

From Late Latin inv?sibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.vi.zibl/

Adjective

invisible (plural invisibles)

1. invisible (unable to be seen)

   Antonym: visible

2. invisible (not appearing on the surface)

   Synonym: caché

   Antonym: visible

Derived terms

• invisiblement

Further reading

• “invisible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• invisíbel

Etymology

From Late Latin inv?sibilis.

Adjective

invisible m or f (plural invisibles)

1. invisible

   Antonym: visible

Derived terms

• invisiblemente

Old French

Etymology

First recorded in the 13th century. Borrowed from Late Latin inv?sibilis.

Adjective

invisible m (oblique and nominative feminine singular invisible)

1. invisible (not able to be seen)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (invisible, supplement)

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin inv?sibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imbi?sible/, [?m.bi?si.??le]

Adjective

invisible (plural invisibles)

1. invisible

   Antonym: visible

Derived terms

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