Новый большой англо-русский словарь - menial
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menial
1. пренебр. слуга, лакей the menials —- собир. челядь 2. пренебр. низкий, лакейский; раболепный
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disdain. 1. noun слуга; лакей 2. adj. раболепный; лакейский; - menial work Syn: see obsequious MENIAL work черная работа ...Англо-русский словарь
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 (esp. of unskilled domestic work) degrading, servile. 2 usu. derog. (of a servant) domestic. --n. 1 a menial servant. 2 a servile person. Derivatives menially adv. Etymology: ME f. OF meinee household ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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I. noun Date: 14th century a person doing ~ work; specifically a domestic servant or retainer II. adjective Etymology: Middle English meynial, from Anglo-French meignal, from mesnee, mayne household, retinue, from Vulgar Latin *mansionata, from Latin mansion-, mansio dwelling — more at mansion Date: 15th century 1. of or relating to servants ; lowly 2. a. appropriate to a servant ; humble, servile answered in ~ tones b. lacking interest or dignity a ~ task • ~ly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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Menial work is very boring, and the people who do it have a low status and are usually badly paid. ...low paid menial jobs, such as cleaning and domestic work. ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 adj menial work is boring, needs no skill, and is not important - menially adv ~2 n someone who does menial work, especially a servant in a house ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- mid-14c., from Anglo-Fr. meignial, from O.Fr. maisniйe "household," from V.L. *mansionata, from L. mansionem "dwelling" (see mansion). Sense of "lowly, humble, suited to a servant" is first recorded 1673; meynyal (n.) "domestic" is from 14c. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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