menial: Meaning and Definition of
me•ni•al
Pronunciation: (mē'nē-ul, mēn'yul), [key]
— adj.
- lowly and sometimes degrading: menial work.
- servile; submissive: menial attitudes.
- pertaining to or suitable for domestic servants; humble: menial furnishings.
—n.
- a domestic servant.
- a servile person.
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