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obsequious

How many syllables in obsequious?

  4 syllables

Divide obsequious into syllables:   ob-se-qui-ous
Stressed syllable in obsequious:   ob-se-qui-ous
How to pronounce obsequious:   ub-see-kwee-us
How to say obsequious:

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