slavishadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈsleɪvɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈsleɪvɪʃ/

Forms: Also 1500s slau(e)ishe, 1500s–1600s slauish.

Etymology: < slave n.¹ + -ish suffix¹. Compare Dutch slaafsch, German scl-, sklavisch (†schl-, slavisch).

a. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of, a slave; befitting a slave; servile, abject.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective]

go-by-ground?a1300

thrall1398

abjectc1430

manly?c1430

servicious1440

serviceable1483

servile1537

tame1563

slavish1565

demiss1572

submissive1572

cringing1579

fawning1585

incrouching?1593

vassal1594

scraping1599

obsequious1602

spaniel1606

observing1609

deprostrate1610

supplea1616

vernile1623

shrugging1629

wormy1640

compliable1641

thrall-like1641

obeisant1642

inservient1646

truckling1656

cringeling1693

benecking1705

subservient1714

footman-like1776

bingeing1805

sidling1821

toadying1863

crawlsome1904

toadyish1909

crawling1941

ass-kissing1942

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective] > specifically of actions or qualities

servile?1529

slavish1565

supple1566

villainous1607

over-awful1641

prone1645

uningenuous1660

flexible1826

serfish1879

cringy1880

prostrative1890

society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [adjective] > of or relating to slaves

bond1398

servilea1425

slavish1565

hierodulic1885

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Vernilitas,..slauishe behauour.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 3 To submit themselues vnto slauish seruitude.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 83 The victorie..which..had brought you in slaueishe subiection.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 66 There was..twelue thousand Christians deliuered from their slauish bondage.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 122 See how he lies..In slavish habit, ill-fitted weeds.

1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music xi. 188 The Player..was generally of slavish Birth at Rome.

1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxix. 97 The house of lords have imposed a slavish silence upon themselves.

1814 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II (ed. 7) ii. lxxxiii. 110 The bondsman's peace—who..with smooth smile his tyrant can accost, And wield the slavish sickle.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §2. 468 The spirit of slavish submission which pervaded the Houses.

b. Toiling, toilsome, laborious.

ΚΠ

1828 A. Clarke in Life (1840) xiii. 472 Winter is a dangerous and slavish time for the Shetland preachers.

1850 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (1853) 100 A slavish life, busied with a succession of fretful observances, has no attractions.

2. Having the character (†or status) of slaves; of a submissive, unmanly disposition.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [adjective] > of or relating to slaves > having position or character of slave

slavish1565

slavea1576

society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [adjective] > in unfavourable sense

meekc1325

tame1563

slavish1565

slink1792

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Vernaculi, slauysh and naughtie condicioned men, eyther in flatteryng or in ill speach.

1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. ii. 20 They racke their rents vnto a treble rate;..And clogge their slauish tenant with commaunds.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 3 We may not become slauish vnto them.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 152 [They] cause the poore slauish subiected Christians, surrender all they haue.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 114 The Muscovites how submissive and slavish soever they may be, will endeavour the recovery of their freedom.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 306 Scourge of thy People,..Sent in Jove's Anger on a slavish Race.

1781 W. Cowper Truth 228 Th' omniscient Judge Scorns the base hireling, and the slavish drudge.

1850 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. (ed. 2) I. 131 The thoughtless, slavish victim of inclination.

3. Vile, mean, base, ignoble.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [adjective]

theowlikec1175

low?c1225

undignec1315

unfreec1330

base?1518

roynish1570

baseborn1573

base-minded1573

haskardly1576

ignoble1592

unnoble1593

slavish1597

disnoble1609

infimous1613

unhandsome1645

unheroical1656

mean1665

unworthy1694

unheroic1732

raff1761

undignified1782

raffish1795

truculent1825

unpromotable1836

menial1837

low-flung1841

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > [adjective]

theowlikec1175

wickc1175

wretcha1200

lechera1300

vilea1300

feeblea1325

brothely1330

caitiffa1400

roinousa1425

basec1450

harlotry1486

filthy1533

brockish1546

vild1568

tinkerly?1576

scabbed?1577

miscreant1593

unnoble1593

slavish1597

rascally1600

roguish1601

sordidous1602

facinoriousa1616

scullion1658

dirty1670

shabbed1674

shabby1679

scoundrel1681

scabby1712

verminating1720

small1824

low-down1865

verminiferous1895

ragtime1917

ribby1936

raunchy1937

scungy1966

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > base or vile > specifically of actions, conduct, etc.

vilec1290

villains1303

villain1340

base?1518

vild1568

slavish1597

grovelling1608

unworthy1694

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 193 The slauish motiue of recanting feare.

1607 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois iv. 48 The princely author of the slauish sinne.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 202 To free itself from slavish Prepossession.

1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician I. 89 To lye is a slavish Vice.

1737 J. Swift in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 169 The slavish, hellish principles of an execrable prevailing faction.

a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 547/1 A slavish dread of the powers of nature.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. 35 The slavish counsels of those who only calculated the expense of a war.

4. Implying or involving slavery.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [adjective]

slavish1597

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. i. 293 If then we shall shake off our slauish yoke,..Away with me.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 17 Hee had run away from his master by reason of hard and slavish usage.

1707 I. Watts Hymns & Spiritual Songs ii. 161 Satan binds our captive Minds Fast in his slavish Chains.

1781 W. Cowper Anti-Thelypthora 112 For British nymphs..Feel all the meanness of your slavish lot.

1831 W. Scott Count Robert i, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 6 The slavish and despotic constitution introduced into the empire.

a. Servilely imitative; lacking originality or independence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] > copying slavishly

servile1570

slavish1753

1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 87 In the Translation..I have not confined myself to a slavish and literal one.

1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) xix. i. 307 In preparing this great work there was no slavish adherence to the old law.

b. Of persons.

ΚΠ

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 294 We have not a few of these slavish followers.

1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 73 Slavish copyists of the English dockyard system.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	slavish
释义	slavishadj.¹ Brit. /ˈsleɪvɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈsleɪvɪʃ/ Forms: Also 1500s slau(e)ishe, 1500s–1600s slauish. Etymology: < slave n.¹ + -ish suffix¹. Compare Dutch slaafsch, German scl-, sklavisch (†schl-, slavisch). 1. a. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of, a slave; befitting a slave; servile, abject. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective] go-by-ground?a1300 thrall1398 abjectc1430 manly?c1430 servicious1440 serviceable1483 servile1537 tame1563 slavish1565 demiss1572 submissive1572 cringing1579 fawning1585 incrouching?1593 vassal1594 scraping1599 obsequious1602 spaniel1606 observing1609 deprostrate1610 supplea1616 vernile1623 shrugging1629 wormy1640 compliable1641 thrall-like1641 obeisant1642 inservient1646 truckling1656 cringeling1693 benecking1705 subservient1714 footman-like1776 bingeing1805 sidling1821 toadying1863 crawlsome1904 toadyish1909 crawling1941 ass-kissing1942 the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective] > specifically of actions or qualities servile?1529 slavish1565 supple1566 villainous1607 over-awful1641 prone1645 uningenuous1660 flexible1826 serfish1879 cringy1880 prostrative1890 society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [adjective] > of or relating to slaves bond1398 servilea1425 slavish1565 hierodulic1885 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Vernilitas,..slauishe behauour. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 3 To submit themselues vnto slauish seruitude. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 83 The victorie..which..had brought you in slaueishe subiection. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 66 There was..twelue thousand Christians deliuered from their slauish bondage. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 122 See how he lies..In slavish habit, ill-fitted weeds. View more context for this quotation 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music xi. 188 The Player..was generally of slavish Birth at Rome. 1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxix. 97 The house of lords have imposed a slavish silence upon themselves. 1814 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II (ed. 7) ii. lxxxiii. 110 The bondsman's peace—who..with smooth smile his tyrant can accost, And wield the slavish sickle. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §2. 468 The spirit of slavish submission which pervaded the Houses. b. Toiling, toilsome, laborious. ΚΠ 1828 A. Clarke in Life (1840) xiii. 472 Winter is a dangerous and slavish time for the Shetland preachers. 1850 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (1853) 100 A slavish life, busied with a succession of fretful observances, has no attractions. 2. Having the character (†or status) of slaves; of a submissive, unmanly disposition. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [adjective] > of or relating to slaves > having position or character of slave slavish1565 slavea1576 society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [adjective] > in unfavourable sense meekc1325 tame1563 slavish1565 slink1792 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Vernaculi, slauysh and naughtie condicioned men, eyther in flatteryng or in ill speach. 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. ii. 20 They racke their rents vnto a treble rate;..And clogge their slauish tenant with commaunds. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 3 We may not become slauish vnto them. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 152 [They] cause the poore slauish subiected Christians, surrender all they haue. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 114 The Muscovites how submissive and slavish soever they may be, will endeavour the recovery of their freedom. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 306 Scourge of thy People,..Sent in Jove's Anger on a slavish Race. 1781 W. Cowper Truth 228 Th' omniscient Judge Scorns the base hireling, and the slavish drudge. 1850 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. (ed. 2) I. 131 The thoughtless, slavish victim of inclination. 3. Vile, mean, base, ignoble. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [adjective] theowlikec1175 low?c1225 undignec1315 unfreec1330 base?1518 roynish1570 baseborn1573 base-minded1573 haskardly1576 ignoble1592 unnoble1593 slavish1597 disnoble1609 infimous1613 unhandsome1645 unheroical1656 mean1665 unworthy1694 unheroic1732 raff1761 undignified1782 raffish1795 truculent1825 unpromotable1836 menial1837 low-flung1841 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > [adjective] theowlikec1175 wickc1175 wretcha1200 lechera1300 vilea1300 feeblea1325 brothely1330 caitiffa1400 roinousa1425 basec1450 harlotry1486 filthy1533 brockish1546 vild1568 tinkerly?1576 scabbed?1577 miscreant1593 unnoble1593 slavish1597 rascally1600 roguish1601 sordidous1602 facinoriousa1616 scullion1658 dirty1670 shabbed1674 shabby1679 scoundrel1681 scabby1712 verminating1720 small1824 low-down1865 verminiferous1895 ragtime1917 ribby1936 raunchy1937 scungy1966 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > base or vile > specifically of actions, conduct, etc. vilec1290 villains1303 villain1340 base?1518 vild1568 slavish1597 grovelling1608 unworthy1694 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 193 The slauish motiue of recanting feare. View more context for this quotation 1607 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois iv. 48 The princely author of the slauish sinne. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 202 To free itself from slavish Prepossession. 1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician I. 89 To lye is a slavish Vice. 1737 J. Swift in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 169 The slavish, hellish principles of an execrable prevailing faction. a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 547/1 A slavish dread of the powers of nature. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. 35 The slavish counsels of those who only calculated the expense of a war. 4. Implying or involving slavery. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [adjective] slavish1597 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. i. 293 If then we shall shake off our slauish yoke,..Away with me. View more context for this quotation 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 17 Hee had run away from his master by reason of hard and slavish usage. 1707 I. Watts Hymns & Spiritual Songs ii. 161 Satan binds our captive Minds Fast in his slavish Chains. 1781 W. Cowper Anti-Thelypthora 112 For British nymphs..Feel all the meanness of your slavish lot. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert i, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 6 The slavish and despotic constitution introduced into the empire. 5. a. Servilely imitative; lacking originality or independence. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] > copying slavishly servile1570 slavish1753 1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 87 In the Translation..I have not confined myself to a slavish and literal one. 1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) xix. i. 307 In preparing this great work there was no slavish adherence to the old law. b. Of persons. ΚΠ 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 294 We have not a few of these slavish followers. 1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 73 Slavish copyists of the English dockyard system. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). Slavishadj.²n. /ˈslɑːvɪʃ//ˈslavɪʃ/ Etymology: < Slav n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare German Slavisch, †Sclavisch. A. adj.² Pertaining to or characteristic of the Slavs. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Slav people > [adjective] Slavon1555 Slavonish1560 Slavonian1605 Slavonica1613 Slavic1813 Slavish1834 Slavian1836 pan-Slavic1848 pan-Slavonic1848 pan-Slavist1852 pan-Slavonian1854 pan-Slav1867 Slav1876 pan-Slavistic1903 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 473/2 Some nations of Slavish origin inhabiting Asia. 1843 Proc. Philol. Soc. 1 i. 101 As they relate to the Slavish languages. 1899 R. Munro Prehist. Scotl. x. 380 Slavish pottery is always well burnt. B. n. The Slavonic language. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Slavonic Slavonian1577 Slavon1635 Slavonicc1660 Slavic1812 Slavish1844 Slav1924 1844 in Proc. Philol. Soc. i. 273 In the old Slavish, or language of the church. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.¹1565adj.²n.1834
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slavishadj.1

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slavishadj.¹

Slavishadj.²n.