servile obedience

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• Servile — Serv ile, a. [L. servile, fr. servus a servant or slave: cf. F. servile. See {Serve}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• servile — servilely, adv. servility, servileness, n. /serr vil, vuyl/, adj. 1. slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers. 2. characteristic of, proper to, or customary for slaves; abject: servile obedience. 3. yielding slavishly;… …   Universalium

• servile — ser•vile [[t]ˈsɜr vɪl, vaɪl[/t]] adj. 1) slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers[/ex] 2) characteristic of, proper to, or customary for slaves; abject: servile obedience[/ex] 3) of, pertaining to, or involving slaves,… …   From formal English to slang

• servile — /ˈsɜvaɪl / (say servuyl) adjective 1. obsequious: servile flatterers. 2. of or relating to slaves; proper to or customary for slaves; characteristic of a slave; abject: servile obedience. 3. slavishly exact; without originality. 4. being in… …  

• Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …   Universalium

• obsequious — adjective an elderly gentlemen surrounded by obsequious heirs Syn: servile, ingratiating, sycophantic, fawning, unctuous, oily, oleaginous, groveling, cringing, subservient, submissive, slavish; informal brown nosing, bootlicking, smarmy; vulgar… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Sarah Fyge Egerton — (1670–1723) was a female poet who wrote in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. She was one of six children born to Mary Beacham (d. 1704) and Thomas Fyge (d. 1706). Her birth date is uncertain, though most scholars believe it to… …   Wikipedia

• Der Hauptmannvonköpenick — (The Captain of Köpenick) by Carl Zuckmayer.    Premiered 1931. Most German audiences were familiar with the subject matter of this comedy by the time Heinz Hilpert premiered it at the Deutsches Theater, as it was based on an incident that took… …   Historical dictionary of German Theatre

• morigeration —  ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈrāshən noun ( s) Etymology: Latin morigeration , morigeratio, from morigeratus + ion , io ion : servile obedience : obsequiousness a much more contemptible form of morigeration than that of courtiers to princes Fortnightly Review …   Useful english dictionary

• France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …   Universalium

• Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium