Word
Servile
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
ser-vile
Definition
- 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.
- a. - Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved.
- a. - Not belonging to the original root; as, a servile letter.
- a. - Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding
vowel, as e in tune.
- n. - An element which forms no part of the original root; --
opposed to radical.
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