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Definition of Servile
1. Adjective. Submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior. "Servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"
Derivative terms: Servility
Antonyms: Unservile
2. Adjective. Relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants. "Servile work"
Definition of Servile
1. 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.
2. n. An element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to radical.
Definition of Servile
1. Adjective. of or pertaining to a slave ¹
2. Adjective. submissive or slavish ¹
3. Noun. (grammar) An element which forms no part of the original root. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Servile
1. slavishly submissive [adj]
Medical Definition of Servile
1. 1. 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. "She must bend the servile knee." (Thomson) "Fearing dying pays death servile breath." (Shak) 2. Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved. "Even fortune rules no more, O servile land!" (Pope) 3. Not belonging to the original root; as, a servile letter. Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune. Origin: L. Servile, fr. Servus a servant or slave: cf. F. Servile. See Serve. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)