servile
21servile — {{hw}}{{servile}}{{/hw}}agg. 1 Di servi, che si riferisce ai servi: lavoro, mestiere servile | Opera, lavoro –s, opera soprattutto manuale che costituisce, nella dottrina cristiana, violazione del precetto festivo. 2 (spreg.) Basso, vile, privo… …
22servile — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. menial, beggarly, cringing; see humble 1 , 2 , obsequious . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [SUR vile] submissive or subservient, like a servant or slave. He smiled and nodded in the proper servile… …
23servile — ser|vile [ˈsə:vaıl US ˈsə:rvəl, vaıl] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: servilis, from servus; SERVE1] 1.) very eager to obey someone because you want to please them used to show disapproval ▪ a servile attitude 2.) relating to ↑slaves or to …
24servile — ser|vile [ sɜrvl, sɜr,vaıl ] adjective someone who is servile is so willing to serve or obey other people that you have no respect for them ╾ ser|vil|i|ty [ sɜr vıləti ] noun uncount …
25servile — adjective 1 too eager to obey someone without questioning them: a servile attitude 2 connected with slaves or with being a slave servilely adverb servility /s: vIlti/ noun (U) …
26servile — adjective here comes Mr. Archer and his servile assistant, Bradley Syn: obsequious, sycophantic, deferential, subservient, fawning, ingratiating, unctuous, groveling, toadyish, slavish, humble, self abasing; informal slimy, bootlicking, smarmy,… …
27servile — UK [ˈsɜː(r)vaɪl] / US [ˈsɜrv(ə)l] / US [ˈsɜrˌvaɪl] adjective showing disapproval someone who is servile is so willing to serve or obey other people that you have no respect for them Derived word: servility UK [sɜː(r)ˈvɪlətɪ] / US [sɜrˈvɪlətɪ]… …
28Servīle bellum — Servīle bellum, Sklavenkrieg, s.d …
29Servile marriage — The concept of servile marriage covers marriage whereby a woman may be promised and/or given in marriage without her consent.A useful definition of this concept derives from Article 1(c) of the 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of… …
30Servile est expilationis crimen; sola innocentia libera — The crime of plundering or robbing is servile; innocence alone is free …
