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   supine

   /ˈs(j)uːpʌɪn/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) lying face upwards. Similar flat on one's backpronerecumbentprostratestretched outspreadeagledlyingsprawlinghorizontalflat as a pancakeOpposite erectvertical
   • ▪ having the front or ventral part upwards. technical
   • ▪ (of the hand) with the palm upwards.
   • 2. failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness or indolence: "they remained supine in the face of terrible wrongdoing" Similar weakspinelessyieldingenervatedeffetedocileacquiescentpliantsubmissiveservileinactivepassiveinertspiritlessapatheticindifferentOpposite strongassertive

   noun

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

   Word Origin late Middle English: the adjective from Latin supinus ‘bent backwards’ (related to super ‘above’); the noun from late Latin supinum, neuter of supinus.

   Derivatives

   • 1. supinely adverb
   • 2. supineness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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