supinus
121supineness — supine ► ADJECTIVE 1) lying face upwards. 2) failing to act as a result of laziness or lack of courage; passive. DERIVATIVES supinely adverb supineness noun. ORIGIN Latin supinus bent backwards …
122supine — [15] Supine means literally ‘lying on one’s back’. It comes from Latin supīnus. This was derived from a prehistoric base *sup ‘up’ which also produced Latin super ‘above, over’ (and summus, source of English sum), so the word’s etymological… …
123resupinate — [ri so͞o′pə nāt΄, risyo͞o′pə nāt΄] adj. [L resupinatus, pp. of resupinare, to bend back < re , back + supinus,SUPINE] Bot. having an upside down appearance, as the flower of an orchid; inverted resupination n …
124supinate — [so͞o′pə nāt΄] vt., vi. supinated, supinating [< L supinatus, pp. of supinare, to lay backward < supinus,SUPINE] to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm faces upward or forward: see PRONATE supination n …
125supine — [so͞o pīn′; ] also, and for n. always [, so͞o′pīn΄] adj. [L supinus, prob. akin to sub : see SUB ] 1. lying on the back, face upward 2. with the palm upward or away from the body: said of the hand 3. Old Poet. leaning or sloping backward 4.… …
126supinate — v.tr. put (a hand or foreleg etc.) into a supine position (cf. PRONATE). Derivatives: supination n. Etymology: back form. f. supination f. L supinatio f. supinare f. supinus: see SUPINE …
127supine — adj. & n. adj. 1 lying face upwards (cf. PRONE). 2 having the front or ventral part upwards; (of the hand) with the palm upwards. 3 inert, indolent; morally or mentally inactive. n. a Latin verbal noun used only in the accusative and ablative… …
128supinity — səˈpinəd.ē, süˈp noun ( es) Etymology: Latin supinitat , supinitas, from supinus supine + itat , itas ity : supineness Eastern government rested not so much on consent or force, as on the common supinity T.E.Lawrence …
