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English to English adjective
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submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior |  | Example: spoke in a servile tone
the incurably servile housekeeper
servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants | | Example: Brown's attempt at servile insurrection
the servile wars of Sicily
servile work
source: wordnet30 noun
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An element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to radical. | | source: webster1913
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