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supercilious

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Supercilious  \Su`per*cil"i*ous\,  a.  [L.  superciliosus,  fr 
  supercilium  an  eyebrow,  pride;  super  over  +  cilium  an 
  eyelid;  probably  akin  to  celare  to  conceal.  Cf  {Conceal}.] 
  Lofty  with  pride;  haughty;  dictatorial;  overbearing; 
  arrogant;  as  a  supercilious  officer;  asupercilious  air; 
  supercilious  behavior.  --  {Su`per*cil"i*ous*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Su`per*cil"i*ous*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  supercilious 
  adj  1:  having  or  showing  arrogant  superiority  to  and  disdain  of 
  those  one  views  as  unworthy;  "some  economists  are 
  disdainful  of  their  colleagues  in  other  social 
  disciplines";  "haughty  aristocrats";  "his  lordly 
  manners  were  offensive";  "walked  with  a  prideful 
  swagger";  "very  sniffy  about  breaches  of  etiquette"; 
  "his  mother  eyed  my  clothes  with  a  supercilious  air"; 
  "shaggy  supercilious  camels";  "a  more  swaggering  mood 
  than  usual"-  W.L.Shirer  [syn:  {disdainful},  {haughty}, 
  {lordly},  {prideful},  {sniffy},  {swaggering}] 
  2:  expressive  of  contempt;  "curled  his  lip  in  a  supercilious 
  smile";  "spoke  in  a  sneering  jeering  manner";  "makes  many 
  a  sharp  comparison  but  never  a  mean  or  snide  one"  [syn:  {sneering}, 
  {snide}]




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