DUTEOUS, adjective [from duty.] 1. Performing that which is due, or that which law, justice or propriety requires; obedient; respectful to those who have natural or legal authority to require service or duty; as a duteous child or subject. 2. Obedient; obsequious; in a good or bad sense. DUTEOUS to the vices of thy mistress. 3. Enjoined by duty, or by the relation of one to another; as duteous ties. [Little used.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI