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servile

/sɛʁ.vil/

adjective/sɛʁ.vil/

servile, slavish, subservient

L'éternel recommencement, l'imitation servile des styles anciens empêchent toute conception originale.The eternal cycle of repetition and the slavish imitation of ancient styles preclude any original conception.

Borrowed from Latin servīlis.