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31servile labor — Menial labor. State v Stout, 43 Okla Crim 19, 276 P 795. Labor requiring physical rather than mental effort. State v Smith, 19 Okla Crim 184, 198 P 879. Secular, everyday business. A sheriff may race his horse after a fugitive debtor, and find… …
32servile — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French servil, from Latin servilis, from servus slave Date: 15th century 1. of or befitting a slave or a menial position 2. meanly or cravenly submissive ; abject Synonyms: see subservient •… …
33servile — adjective /ˈsə(ɹ)v.aɪl/ a) of or pertaining to a slave b) submissive or slavish …
34servile — Synonyms and related words: abject, abused, accepting, acquiescent, agreeable, apple polishing, ass kissing, assenting, attendant, attending, base, bootlicking, browbeaten, brown nosing, client, common, complaisant, compliable, compliant,… …
35servile — pl.m. e f. servili …
36servile — ser·vile || sÉœrvl / sÉœËvaɪl adj. subject, subservient, extremely submissive; of or pertaining to a slave or servant, suited to a slave or servant …
37servile — 1) reviles 2) relives …
38servile — adjective 1》 excessively willing to serve or please others. 2》 of or characteristic of a slave or slaves. Derivatives servilely adverb servility noun Origin ME (in the sense suitable for a slave or for the working class ): from L. servilis, from… …
39servile — agg. 1. di servo, da servo CONTR. padronale 2. (spreg.) basso, vile, indegno, abietto, spregevole, umile, meschino CONTR. nobile, degno, alto, elevato, signorile, altero, altezzoso, orgoglioso, arrogante, prepotente, superbo 3. adulatorio,… …
40servile — a. 1. Dependent, menial, held in bondage, held in slavery, held in subjection. 2. Slavish, mean, base, cringing, obsequious, fawning, supple, grovelling, sycophantic, abject, low, beggarly, sneaking, base minded, low minded, meanly submissive …
