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   Me·ni·al

   /ˈmēnēəl/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of work) not requiring much skill and lacking prestige: "menial factory jobs"
   • ▪ (of a servant) domestic.

   noun

   • 1. a person with a menial job.
   • ▪ a domestic servant.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘domestic’): from Old French, from mesnee ‘household’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. menially adverb

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • M

     3

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • I

     1

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

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