Both Uses of
servile
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- He was just proud enough to demand the most debasing homage of the slave, and quite servile enough to crouch, himself, at the feet of the master.†
Chpt 4
- The crouching servility, usually so acceptable a quality in a slave, did not...
Chpt 6 *servility = submissiveness
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).