obedient
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbiːdɪənt/, /əʊˈbiːdɪənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbidiənt/, /oʊˈbidiənt/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: obe‧di‧ent
Adjective
[edit]obedient (comparative more obedient, superlative most obedient)
- Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.
- Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.
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Noun
[edit]obedient (plural obedients)
- One who obeys.
- 2002, John Michael Doris, Lack of Character: Personality and Moral Behavior, page 48:
- Damn the obedients and hail the defiants if you will; the experiment does not motivate confidence about how particular subjects would behave in markedly dissimilar situations.
Further reading
[edit]- “obedient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “obedient”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin oboedientem, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [u.βə.ðiˈen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [o.bə.ðiˈent]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [o.be.ðiˈent]
Adjective
[edit]obedient m or f (masculine and feminine plural obedients)
- obedient
- Antonym: desobedient
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “obedient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]obēdient
Middle English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
Adjective
[edit]obedient
References
[edit]- “obēdient, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2022-05-26.
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
Adjective
[edit]obedient m (oblique and nominative feminine singular obedient or obediente)
Declension
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin obediens or Italian obbediente.
Adjective
[edit]obedient m or n (feminine singular obedientă, masculine plural obedienți, feminine and neuter plural obediente)
Declension
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | obedient | obedientă | obedienți | obediente | ||
definite | obedientul | obedienta | obedienții | obedientele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | obedient | obediente | obedienți | obediente | ||
definite | obedientului | obedientei | obedienților | obedientelor |
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