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Meaning of 'servile' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Servile [ a.]
- Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; as, servile flattery; servile fear; servile obedience.
- Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved.
- Not belonging to the original root; as, a servile letter.
- Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune.
2 . Servile [ n.]
- An element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to radical.

Meaning of 'servile' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . servile [ a]
Meaning (1):
- submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
Example in sentence:
  • servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work;
  • spoke in a servile tone;
  • the incurably servile housekeeper
2 . servile [ s]
Meaning (2):
- relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants
Example in sentence:
  • Brown's attempt at servile insurrection;
  • servile work;
  • the servile wars of Sicily

Nearby Words:

seraglio serai seralbumen serang serape seraph seraphic seraphical seraphicism seraphim

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