slavish

[Eng.slav(e); -ish.] 1. Pertaining to, befitting, or characteristic of a slave; mean, base, servile. "To slavish sloth and tyranny a prey." Thomson: Castle of Indolence , ii. 16. 2. Servile, laborious; fit for a slave; consisting in slavery or drudgery. "You have among you many a purchased slave, Which, like your a es, and your dogs and mules, You use in abject and in slavish part." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice, iv. 1. *3. Being in slavery. "Clogge their slavish tenants with commands." Bp. Hall: Satires, iv. 2. slāvish-ly, adv. [English slavish; -ly. In a slavish manner; like a slave; servilely, meanly, basely. "She never slavishly submits."-Gay: Fables , No. 12. slāv-Ish-ne , s. [Eng. slavish : -ne .] The quality or state of being slavish; servility, base ne , meanne . "Imprinting a character of slavishne upon it." Secker : Sermons , vol. iii., ser. 7. Slăv-Ism, s. [Eng. Slav ; -ism.] Polit.: The principles, sentiments, and common interest of the Slavic race. Sla-vo-, pref . [SLAV.] Pertaining to or connected with Slavonic. Slavo-Lettic, a. A name sometimes applied to the Slavonic language. "This [the Slavonic] branch is often called the Slavo Lettic, because it is made to include another sub-branch, the Lettic or Lithuanic, which, though considerably further removed from the Slavonic than any of these from the rest, is yet too nearly related to rank as a separate branch."-Whitney Life and Growth of Language, ch. x.