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Meaning of SLAVISH

Pronunciation:  'sleyvish

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient"
  2. [adj]  blindly imitative; "a slavish copy of the original"
 
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 Synonyms: servile, submissive, subservient, unoriginal
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Slav"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a
slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a
slavish dependance on the great. -- {Slav"ish*ly}, adv. --
{Slav"ish*ness}, n.
 

 

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