Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slavish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slavish \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
slavish
adj 1: blindly imitative; "a slavish copy of the original"
2: 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" [syn: {subservient}, {submissive}]
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