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Servile Common

Servile has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

An element which forms no part of the original root.

Adjective
1

submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior

"spoke in a servile tone"

"the incurably servile housekeeper"

"servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"

2

relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants

"Brown's attempt at servile insurrection"

"the servile wars of Sicily"

"servile work"

3

of or pertaining to a slave.

Example Sentences
"spoke in a servile tone" adjective
"the incurably servile housekeeper" adjective
"servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work" adjective
"Brown's attempt at servile insurrection" adjective
"the servile wars of Sicily" adjective
"servile work" adjective
Related Terms
Antonyms
unsubmissive
Rhyming Words
ile lile wile tile nile vile sile hile rile bile kile file pile mile bfile avile edile chile baile prile
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