adj. 1. Of or relating to work or a job regarded as servile. 2. Of, relating to, or appropriate for a servant. n. 1. A servant, especially a domestic servant. 2. A person who has a servile or low nature. [Middle English meinial, belonging to a household, from Anglo-Norman meignial, from meignee, household, from Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta, from Latin mānsiō, mānsiōn-, house; see MANSION.] meni·al·ly adv. |
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