Meaning & use
Servile
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Excessively submissive or eager to please, in a way that shows a lack of self-respect.
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His servile attitude toward his boss made his coworkers uncomfortable.
The courtiers gave servile bows whenever the king entered the room.
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Derived from the Latin servus, meaning "slave," the word retains a strongly negative connotation of demeaning submissiveness.
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