Servile

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Servile

Servile : அடிமைத்தனமாக, அளவுக்கு மீறிய பணிவாக

Servile definition

Adjective.

  1. Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; as, servile flattery; servile fear; servile obedience.
  2. Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved.
  3. Not belonging to the original root; as, a servile letter.
  4. Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune.

Noun. An element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to radical.