servient
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin serviēns, servientis. Doublet of servant and sergeant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɜː(ɹ)viənt/
Adjective
servient (comparative more servient, superlative most servient)
- (obsolete, law) subordinate
- 1757, John Dyer, The Fleece
- servient youth, and magisterial eld
- 1757, John Dyer, The Fleece
Derived terms
- servient tenement
References
servient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- nerviest, reinvest, sirvente
Latin
Verb
servient
- third-person plural future active indicative of serviō