Question

servile The dog's manner was servile, and it lacked a healthy independence. ˈsərvəl

Accepted Answer

(1) Suitable to a servant. (2) Humbly submissive. During the Middle Ages, most of the farming was done by a servile class known as serfs, who enjoyed hardly any personal freedom. This began to change in the 14th century; but the Russian serfs weren't freed until the 1860s, when the servile class in the U.S. was also freed. But servile today usually refers to a personal manner; a person who shows servility usually isn't a servant, but simply seems too eager to please and seems to lack self-respect

word	servile
definition	(1) Suitable to a servant. (2) Humbly submissive.
eg_sentence	The dog's manner was servile, and it lacked a healthy independence.
explanation	During the Middle Ages, most of the farming was done by a servile class known as serfs, who enjoyed hardly any personal freedom. This began to change in the 14th century; but the Russian serfs weren't freed until the 1860s, when the servile class in the U.S. was also freed. But servile today usually refers to a personal manner; a person who shows servility usually isn't a servant, but simply seems too eager to please and seems to lack self-respect
IPA	ˈsərvəl

Servile Class Personal Suitable Servant Humbly Submissive Dog's