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slavish: Meaning and Definition of

slav•ish

Pronunciation: (slā'vish), [key]
— adj.
  1. of or befitting a slave: slavish subjection.
  2. being or resembling a slave; abjectly submissive: He was slavish in his obedience.
  3. base; mean; ignoble: slavish fears.
  4. deliberately imitative; lacking originality: a slavish reproduction.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
Slavicist Slavism
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