servile
Meaning
-
- Excessively eager to please; obsequious.
- Slavish or submissive.
- Slavish or submissive.
- Not belonging to the original root.
- Not sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceding vowel, like the e in tune.
Synonyms
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsɜː(ɹ)ˌvaɪl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English servyle, from Old French servil, servile, from Latin servīlis, from servus (“slave”).
Bookmark this
Improve your pronunciation
Start learning English with learnfeliz.
Practice speaking and memorizing "servile" and many other words and sentences in English.
Go to our English course page
Notes