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| me·ni·al [ mnee əl ] |
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1. unskilled: relating to or involving work that requires little skill or training, is not interesting, and confers low social status on somebody doing it
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2. relating to servants: suitable for, done by, or relating to a servant or servants
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noun (plural me·ni·als) |
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1. domestic servant: a domestic servant, especially one of low status
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2. somebody who does menial work: somebody employed to do work that requires no skill or training
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| [14th century. < Anglo-Norman, "of a household" < Latin mansion-< manere "remain"] |
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 me·ni·al·ly adverb |
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