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supineness|s(j)uːˈpaɪnnɪs|
Also 7 supiness.
[f. supine a. + -ness.]
1. Supine behaviour or state of mind; inertness.
1616J. Earle On Mr. Beaumont 55 Thy Workes..Nor with that dull supinenesse to be read, To passe a fire, or laugh an houre in bed. 1678Lively Oracles Pref. §2 That irreligion, prepossession, and supiness which the pursuit of sensual plesures certainly produces. 1758Johnson Idler No. 60 ⁋12 He..wonders at the supineness with which their works have been hitherto perused. 1860Mill Repr. Govt. ii. (1865) 11 All the negligences, indolences, and supinenesses of mankind. 1868Peard Water-farm. viii. 87 If through supineness, or over-confidence, the favorable opportunity is wasted. 1898R. B. O'Brien Life C. S. Parnell ix. I. 195 The agitators acted with vigour and ability; the Government with supineness and stupidity.
2. ‘Posture with the face upward’ (J.). rare—0. |