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Word of the Day - Servile
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servile
Pronunciation: /ˈsəːvʌɪl/
adjective
1 Having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others: bowing his head in a servile manner
Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense ‘suitable for a slave or for the working class’): from Latin servilis, from servus ‘slave’.
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Friends, it is with timid, admittedly servile humility that I present this sample use of today’s word.
