menial
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menial
- /ˈmiːni.əl/
Where it comes from
From Middle English meyneal, from Anglo-Norman mesnal, from maisnee (“household”), from Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta, from Latin mānsiō (“house”).
adjective more menial · most menial
- Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant. She hung round him, watching his every look as if she grudged the veriest menial offices from the servants; and she almost scolded him for not eating, when he had done justice enough to the good things set before him to have satisfied even the cook herself.
- Of or relating to unskilled work. menial job
- Servile; low; mean. a menial wretch
noun menials
- A servant, especially a domestic servant. “Nay, Dame Mary,” answered the Knight, “it is enough you desire such an attendant.—Yet I have never loved to nurse such useless menials—a lady's page—it may well suit the proud English dames to have a slender youth to bear their trains from bower to hall, fan them when they slumber, and touch the lu
- A person who has a subservient nature.
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adj of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
| 日本語 | 賎しい iyashii, 下賎な gesen na |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 低微的, 卑微的 |
| Português | servil |
| Français | ancillaire |
| Deutsch | untergeordnet |
| Italiano | servile |
| Русский | лакейский lakejskij |
adj of or relating to unskilled work
| Español | de baja categoría, de poca importancia |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 単純労働の tanjun rōdō no |
| Português | servil, humilde, subalterno, de baixa qualificação |
| Français | subalterne |
| Deutsch | nieder, niedrig |
| العربية | وَضِيع waḍīʕ |
noun domestic servant
| Español | criado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 召し使い meshitsukai |
| Français | domestique |
| Deutsch | Hausdiener, Domestik |
| Русский | слуга sluga |
noun subservient person
| Deutsch | unterwürfige Person, untertäniger Mensch |
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