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supine

Syllabification: (su·pine)
Pronunciation: /ˈso͞oˌpīn/
Definition of supine

adjective

  • 1(of a person) lying face upward.
  • technical having the front or ventral part upward.
  • (of the hand) with the palm upward.
  • 2failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness or indolence:supine in the face of racial injustice

noun

  • a Latin verbal noun used only in the accusative and ablative cases, especially to denote purpose (e.g., dictu in mirabile dictu “wonderful to relate”).

Derivatives

supinely

adverb

supineness

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: the adjective from Latin supinus 'bent backward' (related to super 'above'); the noun from late Latin supinum, neuter of supinus

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