serfishadj.
/ˈsəːfɪʃ/ Having the (debasing) qualities of one in a servile condition; characteristic of a serf.
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the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective] > specifically of actions or qualities
servile?1529
slavish1565
supple1566
villainous1607
over-awful1641
prone1645
uningenuous1660
flexible1826
serfish1879
cringy1880
prostrative1890
1879 Echo 18 Apr. 1/4 The negroes, either through serfish instincts, from intimidation, or from a not unfounded belief that their interests are identical, are voting with their old masters.
1906 J. Mackinnon Hist. Mod. Liberty I. viii. 145 There is no spirit of self-assertion in these serfish centuries to aspire to self-government.
Derivatives
ˈserfishness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun]
fawninga1350
submission?a1439
overlowness1496
servility1573
servilenessa1594
obsequency1595
obsequiousness1613
cringing1617
slavishnessa1620
vernility1623
servulating1637
suppleness1638
sneakinga1657
subserviency1669
fawningness1672
subservience1680
cringingness1695
truckling1820
obsequience1830
flunkeyism1831
servilism1831
spanielship1832
toadyism1840
flunkeydom1850
oleaginousness1853
vassalism1854
toadying1863
grovel1892
obsequity1892
crawlsomeness1900
serfishness1906
oleosity?1920
ass-kissing1936
1906 Athenæum 5 May 539/1 The absence of allusion to ‘serfishness’ in the second volume [of Mackinnon].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1879- spindle-worm
- spindleage
- spindleback
- spindleband
- spindleberries
- spindleberry
- spindleberryes
- spindleberrys
- spindlebox
- spindlecarriage
- spindlecelled
- spindled
- spindleend
- spindleformed
- spindleful
- spindlegearing
- spindlehook
- spindlekin
- spindlelathe
- spindlelegged
- spindleless
- spindlelike
- spindlemaker
- spindlepear
- spindlepointed