Su*pine" (?), a. [L. supinus,
akin to sub under, super above. Cf. Sub-,
Super-.] 1. Lying on the back, or with the
face upward; -- opposed to prone.
2. Leaning backward, or inclining with
exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.
If the vine
On rising ground be placed, or hills supine.
Dryden.
3. Negligent; heedless; indolent;
listless.
He became pusillanimous and supine, and openly
exposed to any temptation.
Woodward.
Syn. -- Negligent; heedless; indolent; thoughtless;
inattentive; listless; careless; drowsy.
-- Su*pine"ly, adv. --
Su*pine"ness, n.
Su"pine (?), n. [L. supinum (sc.
verbum), from supinus bent or thrown backward, perhaps
so called because, although furnished with substantive case endings,
it rests or falls back, as it were, on the verb: cf. F. supin.]
(Lat. Gram.) A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker),
a case of the infinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that
in -um being sometimes called the former supine, and
that in -u the latter supine.
Su*pine" (?), a. [L. supinus,
akin to sub under, super above. Cf. Sub-,
Super-.] 1. Lying on the back, or with the
face upward; -- opposed to prone.
2. Leaning backward, or inclining with
exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.
If the vine
On rising ground be placed, or hills supine.
Dryden.
3. Negligent; heedless; indolent;
listless.
He became pusillanimous and supine, and openly
exposed to any temptation.
Woodward.
Syn. -- Negligent; heedless; indolent; thoughtless;
inattentive; listless; careless; drowsy.
-- Su*pine"ly, adv. --
Su*pine"ness, n.
Su"pine (?), n. [L. supinum (sc.
verbum), from supinus bent or thrown backward, perhaps
so called because, although furnished with substantive case endings,
it rests or falls back, as it were, on the verb: cf. F. supin.]
(Lat. Gram.) A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker),
a case of the infinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that
in -um being sometimes called the former supine, and
that in -u the latter supine.
