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The definition of menial describes something that doesn't require much skill or thought.

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An example of a menial job is cleaning or vacuuming.

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adjective

of or fit for servants; lowly; humble: a menial task
servile; low; mean

Origin: ME meynal < Anglo-Fr meignal < meiniee, a family retainer, servant < OFr meisniee, household < L mansio: see mansion

noun

a domestic servant
a servile, low person

Related Forms:

menially adverb

See menial in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of or relating to work or a job regarded as servile.
Of, relating to, or appropriate for a servant.

noun

A servant, especially a domestic servant.
A person who has a servile or low nature.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English meinial, belonging to a household

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman meignial

Origin: , from meignee, household

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta

Origin: , from Latin mānsiō, mānsiōn-, house; see mansion

Related Forms:

meˈni·al·ly adverb

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