menialityn.
/ˌmiːnɪˈalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌminiˈælədi/ Now rare.
1. In plural. Menial tasks or conditions.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil > wearisome or unrewarding > a piece of
menialities1842
chore1870
1842 ‘A. Poyntz’ in Bentley's Misc. June 609 And is such a man to be abased to the menialities of the servants' hall?
1866 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 459/1 One may be performing her own menialities to-day, and to-morrow, in an ambassador's carriage, be folded in a fur robe with couchant lions upon it.
1958 Amer. Math. Monthly 65 401 A temptation may be felt to..use them [sc. prospective teachers] primarily for menialities such as marking papers, taking attendance, calculating grades, and so on.
2. Menial character; the state or standing of a menial.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > menial servant or drudge > condition of
menialty1581
menialism1832
meniality1906
1906 in N.E.D. at Menial a. and sb. Meniality, menial character.
1941 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 26 119 She contrived to rise sufficiently from serfdom and meniality to attend a school at Abbeville, South Carolina.
1961 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 22 539 Archimedes' own utterances intended for aristocratic ears about the meniality of experiments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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