Servile

ahd-5
  • adjective. Abjectly submissive; slavish.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of or suitable to a slave or servant.
  • adjective. Of or relating to servitude or forced labor.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to slaves or servants.
  • Consisting or made up of slaves; belonging to the class of slaves; held in subjection; dependent.
  • Pertaining or appropriate to a slave or dependent; fit or proper for a slave.
  • Resembling a slave or dependent; characteristic or worthy of a slave; slavish; hence, mean-spirited; cringing; base; lacking independence.
  • Obedient; subject.
  • In grammar, of secondary or subordinate character; not independent, but answering an orthographic purpose.
  • noun. A slave; a menial.
  • noun. In grammar, a servile element, whether sound or character; a non-radical element.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning
  • adjective. Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Not belonging to the original root.
  • adjective. Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune.
  • noun. An element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to radical.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. of or pertaining to a slave
  • adjective. submissive or slavish
  • noun. An element which forms no part of the original root.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
  • adjective. relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants
  • Word Usage
    "Independents ... was what they called the servile character and the dog-like fidelity [_Hundestreue_] of the German people, that is to say, that attachment -- innate and firmly impressed on their minds without even the aid of reason -- which that excellent people everywhere bears towards its princes."
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