Associations to the word «Servile»
Noun
Verb
Wiktionary
SERVILE, adjective. Of or pertaining to a slave.
SERVILE, adjective. Submissive or slavish.
SERVILE, adjective. (grammar) Not belonging to the original root.
SERVILE, adjective. (grammar) Not sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceding vowel, like the e in tune.
SERVILE, noun. (grammar) An element which forms no part of the original root.
Dictionary definition
SERVILE, adjective. 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".
SERVILE, adjective. Relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants; "Brown's attempt at servile insurrection"; "the servile wars of Sicily"; "servile work".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.