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subservient
English
Etymology
From Latin subserviens, present active of subservio (“I serve under”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
subservient (comparative more subservient, superlative most subservient)
- Useful in an inferior capacity.
- Obsequiously submissive.
Translations
See also
- obedient
- subordinate
Latin
Verb
subservient
- third-person plural future active indicative of subservi?
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kowtowing
English
Verb
kowtowing
- present participle of kowtow
Noun
kowtowing (plural kowtowings)
- The act of one who kowtows; a submissive bow.
- 1910, Robert Ames Bennet, The Shogun's Daughter
- Yoritomo met their smiles and kowtowings and noisy insuckings of breath with an austere dignity that I took pains to imitate.
- 1910, Robert Ames Bennet, The Shogun's Daughter
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