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servile definition and meaning

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.

Crossword clues for servile

- Cringing
- Meanly submissive
- Obsequious
- Overly submissive
- Submissive


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