Word of the day - 11 Jan 2018

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WORD OF THE DAY: (11 - Jan - 2018)

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servile

ADJECTIVE


  • 1Having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others.
    ‘he bowed his head in a servile manner’
  • 2Of or characteristic of a slave or slaves.
    ‘the servile condition of the peasants’

Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense ‘suitable for a slave or for the working class’): from Latin servilis, from servus ‘slave’.

Pronunciation servile
/ˈsəːvʌɪl/