menial. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

menial

SYLLABICATION:	me·ni·al
PRONUNCIATION:	mn-l, mnyl
ADJECTIVE:	1. Of or relating to work or a job regarded as servile. 2. Of, relating to, or appropriate for a servant.
NOUN:	1. A servant, especially a domestic servant. 2. A person who has a servile or low nature.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English meinial, belonging to a household, from Anglo-Norman meignial, from meignee, household, from Vulgar Latin ^*mnsinta, from Latin mnsi, mnsin-, house. See mansion.
OTHER FORMS:	meni·al·ly —ADVERB


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