Hypertext Webster Gateway: "supineness"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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