servile

  • 11servile — ► ADJECTIVE 1) excessively willing to serve or please others. 2) of or characteristic of a slave or slaves. DERIVATIVES servilely adverb servility noun. ORIGIN Latin servilis, from servus slave …

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  • 12servile — (sèr vi l ) adj. 1°   Qui appartient à l état d esclave. •   Je laisse la contrainte aux serviles personnes, TRISTAN Marianne, II, 1. •   Philippe d autre part, montrant sur le rivage Dans une âme servile un généreux courage, CORN. Pomp. II, 2.… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 13SERVILE — adj. des deux genres Qui appartient à l état d esclave, de domestique. Emploi servile. Homme de condition servile.   Il s emploie figurément, et signifie, Bas, rampant. Une âme servile. Un esprit servile. Obéissance servile. Sentiments serviles.… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 14SERVILE — adj. des deux genres Qui appartient à l’état d’esclave, de domestique. Emploi servile. Homme de condition servile. Dans le langage religieux, OEuvres serviles, Travaux manuels. SERVILE signifie, au figuré, Qui est bas, rampant. Une âme servile.… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 15servile — servilely, adv. servility, servileness, n. /serr vil, vuyl/, adj. 1. slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers. 2. characteristic of, proper to, or customary for slaves; abject: servile obedience. 3. yielding slavishly;… …

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  • 16servile — ser·vì·le agg., s.m. CO 1. agg., relativo alla condizione di servo, degno di un servo, quindi disonorevole, umiliante, degradante: lavoro servile, mestiere servile 2. agg., spreg., di qcn., che è incline a compiacere in modo incondizionato il… …

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  • 17servile — ser•vile [[t]ˈsɜr vɪl, vaɪl[/t]] adj. 1) slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers[/ex] 2) characteristic of, proper to, or customary for slaves; abject: servile obedience[/ex] 3) of, pertaining to, or involving slaves,… …

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  • 18servile — /ˈsɜvaɪl / (say servuyl) adjective 1. obsequious: servile flatterers. 2. of or relating to slaves; proper to or customary for slaves; characteristic of a slave; abject: servile obedience. 3. slavishly exact; without originality. 4. being in… …

  • 19servile — [[t]sɜ͟ː(r)vaɪl, AM v(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that someone is servile, you disapprove of them because they are too eager to obey someone or do things for them. [FORMAL] He was subservient and servile... They said she had a… …

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  • 20servile — a, servile, o adj. servile …

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