Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SERV'ILE, a. [Fr. from L. servilis, from servio, to serve.]

1. Such as pertains to a servant or slave; slavish; mean; such as proceeds from dependence; as, servile fear; servile obedience.
2. Held in subjection; dependent. Ev'n fortune rules no more a servile land. – Pope.
3. Cringing; fawning; meanly submissive; as, servile flattery. She must bend the servile knee. – Thomson.