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slavish

adjective

  1. blindly devoted
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsleɪvɪʃ/ / /ˈslɑːvɪʃ/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъbor. Byzantine Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Late Latin Sclavus Medieval Latin sclavusbor. Old French esclavebor. Middle English sclave English slave Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English slavish From slave + -ish.

  1. In the manner of a slave; abject.

    ““You have freed them from higher restraint, Halbert,” answered the Abbot, “and therein taught them to rebel against your own.” / “Fear not that, Edward,” exclaimed Halbert, who never gave his brother his monastic name of Ambrosius; “none obey the command of real duty so well as those who are free from the observance of slavish bondage.””

  2. Utterly faithful; totally lacking originality, creativity, or reflection.

    “a slavish reproduction”

    “slavish observation of rules”

noun

Etymology: From Slav + -ish, probably after German slawisch.

  1. Any of various Slavic languages, especially Old Church Slavonic.