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Duteous

//ˈdʒuː.ti.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    dutiful archaic

    "a duteous son"

  2. 2
    Obsequious; submissively obedient. archaic

    "I know thee well. A ſeruiceable Villaine, As duteous to the vices of thy Miſtris, As badneſſe would deſire."

Adjective
  1. 1
    willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect wordnet

Etymology

Irregular combination of duty + -ous.

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