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1. (adj.) servile
slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning:
servile flatterers.
2. servile
characteristic of, proper to, or customary for slaves; abject:
servile obedience.
3. servile
of, pertaining to, or involving slaves, slavery, servants, or servitude.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L servīlis=serv(us) slave +-īlis -ile2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) servile
submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
"spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"
2. (adj) servile(a)
relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants
"Brown's attempt at servile insurrection"; "the servile wars of Sicily"; "servile work"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) servile
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
2. (adj) servile
held in subjection; dependent; enslaved
3. (adj) servile
not belonging to the original root; as, a servile letter
4. (adj) servile
not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune
5. (noun) servile
an element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to radical
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Sense: excessively obedient or respectful
servile obedience/flattery.
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 Afrikaans: onderdanig |
 Arabic: ذَليل، مُبالِغ في الطاعَه |
 Bulgarian: рабополепен |
 Brazilian: servil |
 Czech: servilní |
 German: unterwürfig |
 Danish: underdanig; servil |
 Greek: δουλοπρεπής |
 Spanish: servil |
 Estonian: alandlik |
 Farsi: فرومايه |
 Finnish: nöyristelevä |
 French: servile |
 Hebrew: כָּנוּע |
 Hindi: दब्बू, चाटूकार |
 Croatian: ropski, puzav |
 Hungarian: szolgai |
 Indonesian: patuh |
 Icelandic: þrælslega auðmjúkur |
 Italian: servile |
 Japanese: 卑屈な |
 Korean: 노예적인, 굴종적인 |
 Lithuanian: nuolankus, keliaklupsčiau |
 Latvian: verdzisks; pakalpīgs |
 Malay: memperhambakan diri |
 Dutch: slaafs |
 Norwegian: underdanig, servil |
 Polish: służalczy |
 Persian: فرومايه |
 Pashto: دغلامۍ، دمرييتوب، غلامانه |
 Portuguese: servil |
 Romanian: servil |
 Russian: рабский, раболепный |
 Slovak: pokorný, servilný |
 Slovenian: hlapčevski |
 Serbian: snishodljiv |
 Swedish: servil |
 Thai: ที่เชื่อฟัง |
 Turkish: köleye yakışır |
 Taiwanese: 過於順從或恭敬的 |
 Ukrainian: раболіпний, улесливий |
 Urdu: غلامانہ |
 Vietnamese: như người nô lệ |
 Chinese: 过分屈从的，奴性的 |
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