Word of the Day 04/25/24 Supine

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Supine (adjective, noun)
supine [ adjective soo-pahyn; noun soo-pahyn ]

ADJECTIVE
1. lying on the back, face or front upward.
2. inactive, passive, or inert, especially from indolence or indifference.
3. (of the hand) having the palm upward.

NOUN
4, (in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”
5. (in English) the simple infinitive of a verb preceded by to.
6. an analogous form in some other language.

OTHER WORDS FROM
su·pinely adverb
su·pineness noun
unsu·pine adjective

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1490–1500, supine is from the Latin word supīnus lying face up, inactive

EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Finally, 17 days after my symptoms first appeared, I dusted off a navy blue yoga mat, a pair of resistance bands, and lay down, supine and cautious.
From Popular-Science

As an assistant director shouted out instructions in Hindi and English, Kashyap had a word with his lead actress, who was lying supine on a bed in a blue hospital gown.
From MIT Technology Review

Metz tells the story of how this unlikely entrepreneur, traveling supine in buses and trains, engineered a bidding war for a company that had no product or employees and was finally sold to Google for $44 million.
From Washington Post

In effect, an overreaching administration and a supine FISC are ginning up a secret constitution.
From The Daily Beast

On closer examination, this is not the hand of a supine victim.
From The Daily Beast

A fur seal stands upright on his fore flippers, a hair seal lies supine.
From Project Gutenberg

The supine position, as in the adult, is imposed only at night.
From Project Gutenberg

She sat back in her chair, gazing up the darkening river, her hands lying supine on her knees.
From Project Gutenberg

A burst of criticism followed from England; press and politicians joined in denouncing the blind and supine colonials.
From Project Gutenberg

Unfortunately, the supine ignorance of the fair sex in Sarrio made these ingenious modes of communication null and void.
From Project Gutenberg

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