Both Uses of
servile
in
The Fountainhead
- I find myself liking only those who are servile.
Chpt 2.13 *servile = submissive and eager to serve and please
- If physical slavery is repulsive, how much more repulsive is the concept of servility of the spirit?†
Chpt 4.18servility = submissiveness -- often an attitude of someone who is so submissive or eager to serve and please that they seem to lack self-respect
Definitions:
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(1)
(servile) too eager to serve or obey others -- often in a way that seems overly submissive, weak, or lacking self-respect
or:
related to low-status tasks -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
You might want to remember this as sounding similar to servant. Both words come from the Latin word for slave (servus).