[ˈsəːvʌɪl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others
(e.g: he bowed his head in a servile manner)

- of or characteristic of a slave or slaves
(e.g: the servile condition of the peasants)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘suitable for a slave or for the working class’): from Latin servilis, from servus ‘slave’