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slaveish

slaveish is the obsolete spelling of slavish.

Meaning of slavish

Adjective

slavish (comparative more slavish, superlative most slavish)

  1. In the manner of a slave; abject.
    • “You have freed them from higher restraint, Halbert,” answered the Abbot, “and therein taught them to rebel against your own.” / “Fear not that, Edward,” exclaimed Halbert, who never gave his brother his monastic name of Ambrosius; “none obey the command of real duty so well as those who are free...1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and...
  2. Utterly faithful; totally lacking originality, creativity, or reflection.
    • a slavish reproduction

See all 4 meanings of slavish

Forms of slaveish

comparativemore slaveish
superlativemost slaveish

Questions about slaveish

What is slaveish the obsolete spelling of?
Slaveish is the obsolete spelling of slavish.

Words near slaveish in the dictionary

  1. slaveholders
  2. slaveholding
  3. slaveholdings
  4. slavehood
  5. slavehoods
  6. slaveish
  7. slaveless
  8. slavelessness
  9. slavelet
  10. slavelets
  11. slavelike

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