What does "servile" mean?
Servile: Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved. Even fortune rules no more, O servile land! Pope.
Additional senses
- 2.(Gram.) (a) Not belonging to the original root; as, a servile letter. (b) Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune.
- 3.An element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to radical.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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