Definition of: servile

(sûr′vil) adjective
1. Having the spirit of a slave; slavish; abject: a servile flatterer.
2. Pertaining to or appropriate for slaves or servants: a servile insurrection, servile employment.
3. Being of a subject class; existing in a condition of servitude.
4. Obedient; subject: with to: servile to applause.
5. Ling. Not belonging to the original root; serving only to modify the construction or pronunciation of a word.
6. Designating tenures of land in England subject to conditions distinguished from those of freehold, as labor instead of rent. See synonyms under BASE, OBSEQUIOUS.
—noun
1. A slave, or one of slavish spirit; menial.
2. Ling. A letter, syllable, or sound used only to modify a word, and not part of its radical form. [<L servilis <servus a slave]
—ser′vile·ly adverb
—ser·vil′i·ty, ser′vile·ness noun