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   servile

   /ˈsəːvʌɪl/

   adjective

   • 1. having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others: "he bowed his head in a servile manner"
   • 2. of or characteristic of a slave or slaves: "the servile condition of the peasants"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘suitable for a slave or for the working class’): from Latin servilis, from servus ‘slave’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. servilely adverb

   Scrabble Points: 10

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