menial.
Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant.
Meaning & usage
Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant.
Of or relating to unskilled work.
menial job
Servile; low; mean.
a menial wretch
Where this word comes from
From Middle English meyneal, from Anglo-Norman mesnal, from maisnee (“household”), from Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta, from Latin mānsiō (“house”).
A servant, especially a domestic servant.
A person who has a subservient nature.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English meyneal, from Anglo-Norman mesnal, from maisnee (“household”), from Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta, from Latin mānsiō (“house”).
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