servile.
Excessively eager to please; obsequious.
Meaning & usage
Excessively eager to please; obsequious.
Slavish or submissive.
servile flattery servile obedience
Slavish or submissive. Of or pertaining to slaves or slavery.
Not belonging to the original root.
a servile letter
Not sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceding vowel, like the e in tune.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English servyle, from Old French servil, servile, from Latin servīlis, from servus (“slave”). By surface analysis, serve + -ile.
An element which forms no part of the original root.
A slave; a menial.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English servyle, from Old French servil, servile, from Latin servīlis, from servus (“slave”). By surface analysis, serve + -ile.
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