Resupine

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lying on the back; supine. archaic, not-comparable

    "a most resupine patience"

Adjective
  1. 1
    lying face upward wordnet

Synonyms

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couchantcrawlingflatgrovelinglollinglounging

Example

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"He ſpake, and, downward ſway'd, fell reſupine, / With his huge neck aſlant."

Etymology

From Latin resupinus, from re- (“re-”) + supinus (“bent backward, supine”).

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