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[ˈsəːvʌɪl], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others
(e.g: he bowed his head in a servile manner)
- of or characteristic of a slave or slaves
(e.g: the servile condition of the peasants)
Phrases:
Origin
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘suitable for a slave or for the working class’): from Latin servilis, from servus ‘slave’
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