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1Menial — Men ial, a. [OE. meneal, fr. meine, maine, household, OF. maisni[ e]e, maisnie, LL. mansionaticum. See {Mansion}, and cf. {Meine}, n., {Meiny}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Belonging to a retinue or train of servants; performing servile office; serving.… …
2menial — me|ni|al1 [ˈmi:niəl] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Anglo French; Origin: meiniee household , from Latin mansio; MANSION] menial work is boring, needs no skill, and is not important ▪ a menial job ▪ She did menial tasks about the house. menial 2 menial2 …
3menial — me‧ni‧al [ˈmiːniəl] adjective menial work needs little skill and is badly paid: • He worked his way through college by taking menial jobs in the vacation. * * * menial UK US /ˈmiːniəl/ adjective ► used to describe work that does not need any… …
4menial servant — A servant whose duties involve the most simple of domestic tasks, requiring little, if any, exercise of discretion, and often consisting in tasks of a degrading nature. Menials or menial servants were originally so called because they were… …
5Menial — Someone within a lord s meinie, i.e. a man who performed household duties for his lord. These men were soldiers or officials. The tasks they performed would not have been degrading. The current sense is a dilution of the original meaning, applied …
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7me´ni|al|ly — me|ni|al «MEE nee uhl, MEEN yuhl», adjective, noun. –adj. belonging to or suited to a servant; low; mean: »Cinderella had to do menial tasks. Her ladyship was of humble, I have even heard menial, station originally (Thackeray). SYNONYM(S):… …
8me|ni|al — «MEE nee uhl, MEEN yuhl», adjective, noun. –adj. belonging to or suited to a servant; low; mean: »Cinderella had to do menial tasks. Her ladyship was of humble, I have even heard menial, station originally (Thackeray). SYNONYM(S): servile,… …
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