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. She must bend the servile knee. (Thomson) Fearing dying pays death servile breath. (Shak)
Origin: L. Servile, fr. Servus a servant or slave: cf. F. Servile. See Serve.