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servile

Pronunciation: /sɛʁ.vil/

“servile” is a French word. Its meaning in English:

adjective

  1. servile, slavish, subservient

In French

  1. Qui appartient à l’état d’esclave, de domestique.
  2. Qui est bas, rampant, sans fierté.
  3. Qui s’attache trop à l’imitation d’un modèle, ou à la lettre d’un original.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin servīlis.

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