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Word entry · 7 letters

servile

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"Overly submissive"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɜː(ɹ)ˌvaɪl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eeilrsvStarts with SEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (SERVILE).

Definitions

  1. submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior

Word origin

From Middle English servyle, from Old French servil, servile, from Latin servīlis, from servus (“slave”). By surface analysis, serve + -ile.

Used in a sentence

  • British “subjects” (not citizens, note) are just that: gleefully servile to the monarchy’s institutionalised inequality...
  • servile flattery servile obedience
  • Even fortune rules no more, O servile land!

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