resupine

Definitions


[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- Lying on the back; inclined backwards. Also occasionally figurative and as adverb Now rare.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century (in an earlier sense). From classical Latin resupīnus lying face upwards, lying flat on one's back, inert, passive, indifferent, leaning back, tilted back from re- + supīnus




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