servile
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/ˈsɜː(ɹ)ˌvaɪl/(UK)
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/ˈsɜː(ɹ)ˌvaɪl/(UK) · /ˈsəɹ.vəl/(US) · /ˈsəɹˌvaɪl/(US)
Definition of servile
7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Excessively eager to please; obsequious.
“British “subjects” (not citizens, note) are just that: gleefully servile to the monarchy’s institutionalised inequality...”
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adj
-
Excessively eager to please; obsequious.
“British “subjects” (not citizens, note) are just that: gleefully servile to the monarchy’s institutionalised inequality...”
-
Slavish or submissive.
“servile flattery servile obedience”
“Even fortune rules no more, O servile land!”
- Slavish or submissive.
-
Not belonging to the original root.
“a servile letter”
- Not sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceding vowel, like the e in tune.
noun
- An element which forms no part of the original root.
- A slave; a menial.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English servyle, from Old French servil, servile, from Latin servīlis, from servus (“slave”). By surface analysis, serve + -ile.
Words you can make from servile
124 playable · top: LEVIERS (10 pts)
Best play leviers 10 points7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
20 words5-letter words
32 words- ELVER 8 pts
- ELVES 8 pts
- ERVIL 8 pts
- EVILS 8 pts
- LEVER 8 pts
- LEVIS 8 pts
- LIEVE 8 pts
- LIVER 8 pts
- LIVES 8 pts
- LIVRE 8 pts
- REIVE 8 pts
- REVEL 8 pts
- RIVES 8 pts
- SERVE 8 pts
- SEVER 8 pts
- SIEVE 8 pts
- SIVER 8 pts
- VEERS 8 pts
- VEILS 8 pts
- VERSE 8 pts
- VIERS 8 pts
- VILER 8 pts
- VIRES 8 pts
- VIRLS 8 pts
- VLEIS 8 pts
- LEERS 5 pts
- LIERS 5 pts
- REELS 5 pts
- RIELS 5 pts
- RILES 5 pts
- SIREE 5 pts
- SLIER 5 pts
4-letter words
36 words- EVER 7 pts
- EVES 7 pts
- EVIL 7 pts
- LEVS 7 pts
- LIVE 7 pts
- REVS 7 pts
- RIVE 7 pts
- VEER 7 pts
- VEES 7 pts
- VEIL 7 pts
- VIER 7 pts
- VIES 7 pts
- VILE 7 pts
- VIRL 7 pts
- VISE 7 pts
- VLEI 7 pts
- EELS 4 pts
- ELSE 4 pts
- IRES 4 pts
- ISLE 4 pts
- LEER 4 pts
- LEES 4 pts
- LEIS 4 pts
- LIER 4 pts
- LIES 4 pts
- LIRE 4 pts
- REEL 4 pts
- REES 4 pts
- REIS 4 pts
- RIEL 4 pts
- RILE 4 pts
- RISE 4 pts
- SEEL 4 pts
- SEER 4 pts
- SERE 4 pts
- SIRE 4 pts
3-letter words
25 words2-letter words
7 wordsFind your best play with servile
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