[ 'su:pʌɪn ]
■ adjective
1》 lying face upwards.
↘with the palm of the hand upwards.
2》 failing to act as a result of moral weakness or indolence.
■ noun a Latin verbal noun used only in the accusative and ablative cases, especially to denote purpose (e.g. mirabile dictu ‘wonderful to relate’).
Derivatives
~ly adverb
~ness noun
Origin
ME: from L. supinus 'bent backwards'.