Associations to the word «Slavish»

Wiktionary

SLAVISH, adjective. In the manner of a slave; abject

Dictionary definition

SLAVISH, adjective. Blindly imitative; "a slavish copy of the original".
SLAVISH, adjective. Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient".

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates