Servile
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( a.) Not belonging to the original root; as, a servile letter.
(2): ( a.) Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved.
(3): ( n.) An element which forms no part of the original root; - opposed to radical.
(4): ( a.) Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; as, servile flattery; servile fear; servile obedience.
(5): ( a.) Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune.
King James Dictionary [2]
Serv'Ile, a. L. servilis, from servio, to serve.
1. Such as pertains to a servant or slave slavish mean such as proceeds from dependence as servile fear servile obedience. 2. Held in subjection dependent.
Ev'n fortune rules no more a servile land. Pope.
3. Cringing fawning meanly submissive as servile flattery.
She must bend the servile knee. Thomson.
