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Supercilious

//ˌsuː.pəˈsɪ.li.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Arrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty.

    "[H]is ſupercilious glances grevv humbled, yea, his dazeling ſplendor (eclipſt in the ſetting [i.e., death] of his Maſter) becomes quickly darkned: […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    expressive of contempt wordnet
  2. 2
    having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy wordnet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin superciliōsus (“haughty”).

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