From the Latin for "eyebrow", it's an adjective meaning showing haughty disdain
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A.Word.A.Day --supercilious - Wordsmith.org  Dec 27, 2010 ... MEANING: adjective: Showing haughty disdain. ... It's derived from Latin supercilium (eyebrow, pride), from super (above) + cilium (eyelid).
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supercilious - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com  The Latin root supercilium means "haughty demeanor," but also "eyebrow" ... adj having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as...
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Supercilious | Supercilious Definition by Merriam-Webster  Define supercilious: having or showing the proud and unpleasant attitude of people ... coolly and patronizingly haughty <reacted to their breach of etiquette with a ... Arrogant and disdainful types tend to raise an eyebrow at anything they ... (We plucked our adjective and its meaning from the Latin adjective superciliosus.)...
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Supercilious | Define Supercilious at Dictionary.com  Supercilious definition, haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression. ... Too often, it's just our supercilious attitude to this thing called relief. ... adjective. 1. displaying arrogant pride, scorn, or indifference. Derived Forms ... C16: from Latin supercilisus, from supercilium eyebrow; see superciliary.
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Supercilious - definition of supercilious by The Free Dictionary  supercilious adj. Feeling or showing haughty disdain. See Synonyms at arrogant. [Latin supercilisus, from supercilium, eyebrow, pride : super-, super- +...
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Urban Dictionary: IMHO  "Your girlfriend is an ugly bitch...IMHO." #imho #in my humble opinion #imo #in my honest opinion #no offense #asshole. by Not Humble June 27, 2009. 630 350.
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Pusillanimous - Funnyjunk  Mar 5, 2015 ... I grew up thinking it meant pussy cat, like 'scaredy cat'. ... the word "pusillanimous", seeing as cats are timid, cowardly animals it makes ... it's latin for very small spirit. ... That doesn't mean the information is incorrect,just that the phrase ... Women have a whole host of **** that they're sensitive about but men...
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jeopardy/1199_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  THE 20th CENTURY | From Latin for "to sit apart", this word was applied to ... From the Latin for "very small spirit", it doesn't mean catlike, but cowardly |...
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Double Your Vocabulary in a Month_  May 4, 2011 ... For example, let's take the Latin word gressum which means 'to .... sadness -OON one who buffoon -OR act, or condition of error, terror, .... fatuity femina woman female, feminine, femininity fendere, FEND to ... INGRATIATE gravis, GRAV, GRIEV heavy, serious grave, grievance, ...... Describe a toy that th.
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Jun 7, 2010 ... $200 ~ Meaning savage & cruel, it comes from the Latin "trux", which means fierce ` $500 ~ This ... $100 ~ The word salad comes from Latin for this, because most Romans dressed their salads with little else ` $500 ~ In...
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Schadenfreude | Define Schadenfreude at Dictionary.com  The word used means, like the German "schadenfreude," rejoicing at another's injury ... Bertha guesses its contents and revels in the luxury of pity and schadenfreude. ... There is only one language in the world which has a word to express that...
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J! Archive - Show #3731, aired 2000-11-20  It was an old translation of the Bible that turned "money obtained dishonestly" into "filthy" this .... This word borrowed from French means "outmoded"...
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Librarius: middle-english glossary  apiked verb adorned, trimmed. appalled ... Ave Marie (Latin) Hail Mary (first words of a Latin prayer) ... bacheler, bachiler noun young man, unmarried man, young knight .... colt noun a young uncastrated male horse usually less than four years old ... curteisie noun gracious and considerate conduct, refinement of manners.
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nox-, noxi-, noc-, nui-, nec - Word Information  Latin: harmful, to do harm; injury, injurious; hurt, damage. ... from Old French nuisance, from nuire, "to harm"; from Latin nocere, "to hurt". The sense has softened over time, to "anything obnoxious to a community" (bad smells, pests, eyesores), ... and came to develop its sense because of its association with noxious so that...
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TALK - TAYLOR (ELIZABETH) - Someworthwhilequotes  to the honor of the other sex, that there are many among .... Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there ... --Jean de La Bruyre (16451696) ... a way of braying? ..... you speak much and long, and with back-tilted head, swill ... _The Arcadia_ [written 1580], "Thirsis and Dorus" .... No time like the present.
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November 29, 2008  ... to grooms & graduates, it's from the Latin for "rejoice with" congratulations An extreme conservative, ..... Lincoln Christianity & Aztec ritual inspired the thorn necklace worn by this Latina woman in a masochistic 1940 self-portrait Frida Khalo...
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American Lit Vocab Cards 2 Flashcards | Quizlet  Def: not able to be improved, corrected, or reformed. Etymology: corrigo (latin) - to correct or set straight .... (adjective) - someone who is obviously suffering-such a person may arouse sympathy ... (noun) - science or study of disease-it's nature, cause, cure etc. ... Etymology: Grex, Gregis (Latin roots meaning "herd or flock")
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Villain - Wikipedia  A villain is an "evil" character in a story, whether a historical narrative or, especially, a work of ... Play (helpinfo) ... The Germanic word "churl", originally meaning "a non-servile peasant" and denoting the lowest rank of freemen in Saxon society, ... (The bad guy isn't doing bad stuff so he can rub his hands together and snarl.)...
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How did "sinister", the Latin word for "left-handed", get its current ...  Aug 23, 2011 ... What evolution of meaning turned left-handed into evil and threatening? ... the word for the direction "right" also means "correct" or "proper", and also stands for authority and ... So, if you were left-handed or sinister, you were associated with evil. .... I've deleted my earlier comment, since it's now superfluous.
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stigma - alphaDictionary * Free English On-line Dictionary  We have our choice of adjectives, stigmal or, my personal favorite, stigmatic. The verb, stigmatize (stigmatise in the UK) means "to bring disgrace upon". In Play: This word originally referred to the brand applied to criminals in days ... It was derived from Greek stigma, stigmat- "tattoo mark", from stizein, stig- "to stick, prick".
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J! Archive - Show #3054, aired 1997-12-04  This expression of gratitude also refers to one's grateful feelings ... An expression of disdain, or a "Bear of very little brain"...