superciliumn.

Brit.

/ˌsuːpəˈsɪlɪəm/,

/ˌs(j)uːpəˈsɪlɪəm/, U.S.

/ˌsupərˈsɪliəm/

Inflections: Plural supercilia, (rare) superciliums.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin supercilium.

Etymology: < classical Latin supercilium eyebrow, haughtiness, overhanging edge, brow, small hillock, projection in a coastline, (in architecture) overhang, (in a door frame) lintel, in post-classical Latin also lip or margin of a bony cavity (1559 or earlier), probably < super- super- prefix + cilium (see cilia n.), although cilium is first attested later and may be derived from supercilium.With sense 4 compare supercile n.

a. Chiefly Anatomy. The eyebrow. Now rare.In quot. 1615 perhaps a hair of the eyebrow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > eyebrow > [noun]

overbrowOE

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bryn1330

bent browc1380

superciliuma1398

brow1398

eyebrowa1450

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eye-bree1543

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. ix. 187 The browis ben iclepid supercilia ‘þe ouerliddes’; for þey ben isette aboue þe yȝeliddes.

1615 A. Hugget Divine Enthymeme 51 Which was mystically signified in the law, where Moses was commanded to cut the haire of the Leaper, supercilia & cilia, not an haire of sinne must be left.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 200 I marked how your answerer looked when he spoke of the day of judgment. Very gravely..and yet without any depressing or exalting his superciliums.

1733 G. Douglas tr. J. B. Winslow Anat. Expos. Struct. Human Body II. x. 91 The Supercilia..may be moved..downward by the Orbiculares.

1840 Dublin Jrnl. Med. Sci. 17 233 Two small blisters to be applied over each supercilium.

1855 R. Harrison Text-bk. Pract. Anat. iii. iv. 499 Supercilia, or eyebrows, bound the superior eyelids.

1946 Acta Dermato-venereologica 26 533 (title) Phthirus pubis in capillitium, cilia and supercilia.

2010 European Jrnl. Med. Genetics 53 225/1 A 31-year-old male person from Iraq presented with supercilia forming a single band of terminal hairs.

b. Zoology. A superciliary marking or structure, esp. in a bird.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [noun] > mark over eye

supercilium1773

superciliary1890

1773 Encycl. Brit. I. 362 The virgo has long white supercilia that hang down backwards.

1817 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. X. i. 34 Chesnut red Manakin..supercilia whitish above, margined with black.

1880 E. D. Cope On Zoöl. Position Texas 34 Head [of Zygonectes brachypterus sp. nov.] wide, with overhanging supercilia.

1934 Auk 51 243 A broad supercilium and malar stripe whitish.

1991 Bird Watching June 6/1 The strong creamy-white eyebrows (supercilia)..meet on the nape.

2002 Wilson Bull. 114 7/1 Nestlings lacked the pale yellow supercilium and black lores present in the adult plumage.

2. Architecture (chiefly in classical architecture). Now rare.

a. The narrow fillet above the cymatium of a cornice.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > entablature > cornice > cymatium > narrow fillet above

supercilium1563

1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Eiii^v Geue .2. [partes] vnto Cymatium,..the seuenth parte is lefte for Supercilium or Regula.

1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 138 Corona is by some cal'd Supercilium, but rather I conceive Stillicidium the Drip.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Supercilium, in the ancient Architecture, the uppermost Member of the Cornice, call'd by the Moderns, Corona, Crown, or Larmier.

1771 W. Newton tr. Vitruvius Archit. iv. vi. 83 The plain corona.., with its cymatium, is formed, and its projecture is equal to the height of the supercilium.

1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §281. 311 The supercilium is similar to the architrave, and the hyperthyrum to the cornice.

1952 H. Saylor Dict. Archit. 167/1 Supercilium,..in Roman architecture, the fillet crowning the cymatium.

b. A fillet above and below the scotia of an Attic base.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > base > parts of base

plinth1563

torus1563

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1686 J. Browne Descr. & Use Joint-Rule 28 (table) in W. Fisher tr. V. Scamozzi Mirror Archit. (1687) The List or Supercilium.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Supercilium, is also used for a square Member under the upper Tore in some Pedestals. Some Authors confound it with the Tore itself.

1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. IV. Archit. 100 The archivolt..consists of a supercilium, a torus, a socle, and two stripes.

1996 W. Bucher Dict. Building Preserv. 466/2 Supercilium..also refers to the fillets above and below a scotia on an attic base.

c. The lintel or transverse part of a door frame.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door lintel

overslayOE

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thresholdc1350

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headpiece1611

supercilium1816

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1816 W. Wilkins Atheniensia v. 217 [Some] stone door-frames... were wholly completed, but it was necessary to place the black marble against the supercilia.

1845 J. Narrien Archit. in Encycl. Metrop. V. 290 The lintel, or supercilium, corresponds with the architrave; above the supercilium is a kind of frize, which he calls hyperthyrum, and, over this, a corona, or cornice.

1845 J. Narrien Archit. in Encycl. Metrop. V. 290 The supercilium extends, right and left, beyond the exterior of the antepagmenta.

1952 H. Saylor Dict. Archit. 167/1 Supercilium,..the molded lintel of a doorway.

2003 J. S. Curl Classical Archit. 199/1 The antepagmentum supports the lintel or supercilium.

†3. Anatomy. The lip or margin of a bony cavity, esp. that of the acetabulum. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > parts of bones > [noun] > edge of cavity

supercilium1578

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 2^v Notwithstandyng there are certaine Circular Processes, which augment the profundities of such Celes as are largely excaued, which beyng placed in the vpper part of them, are called Labra, or Supercilia, as it were the lippes, or browes, or as we may terme them the brinkes to those caues.

1638 A. Read Man. Anat. Body of Man (new ed.) 570 Supercilia or labra, are called the upper brims of the cavities of the joynts.

1733 G. Douglas tr. J. B. Winslow Anat. Expos. Struct. Human Body I. 72 These [sc. the portions of the Acetabulum] are the Edge call'd Supercilium, the Cartilaginous Cavity, the Impression at the bottom of the Cavity, and the Notch in the Edge.

?1768–9 Encycl. Brit. (1771) I. 204/2 A little above the supercilium of the cotyloid cavity or acetabulum.

1856 Quain's Elements Anat. (ed. 6) I. 141 It is surrounded for the most part by a margin or supercilium.

4. Superciliousness, haughtiness. Also: an instance of this, a supercilious demeanour. Now rare (humorous in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [noun]

highnesseOE

orgelnessOE

orgelOE

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1657 M. Nedham Great Accuser cast Down To Rdr. sig. b A man of so elated a Supercilium, so audacious a Front, that he hath dared to assault even Authority it self.

1687 S. Hill Catholic Balance ii. 80 Those [Churches] of the East upon occasions undertook to correct the supercilium of the Westerns, by telling them that they are the off spring of the East.

1733 T. Steward Ordination Charge in 15 Serm. Several Pract. Subj. (1734) 442 Your general Behaviour should..no way discourage a becoming..Familiarity with you, by a lofty Supercilium, or a forbidding Austerity.

1995 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 July 10 Over to Paris and..the supercilium of the [French] waiting classes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	supercilium
释义	superciliumn. Brit. /ˌsuːpəˈsɪlɪəm/, /ˌs(j)uːpəˈsɪlɪəm/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈsɪliəm/ Inflections: Plural supercilia, (rare) superciliums. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin supercilium. Etymology: < classical Latin supercilium eyebrow, haughtiness, overhanging edge, brow, small hillock, projection in a coastline, (in architecture) overhang, (in a door frame) lintel, in post-classical Latin also lip or margin of a bony cavity (1559 or earlier), probably < super- super- prefix + cilium (see cilia n.), although cilium is first attested later and may be derived from supercilium.With sense 4 compare supercile n. 1. a. Chiefly Anatomy. The eyebrow. Now rare.In quot. 1615 perhaps a hair of the eyebrow. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > eyebrow > [noun] overbrowOE breec1275 bryn1330 bent browc1380 superciliuma1398 brow1398 eyebrowa1450 winbrow?1473 beetle1532 eye-bree1543 bow1729 arch-brow1741 bush1859 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. ix. 187 The browis ben iclepid supercilia ‘þe ouerliddes’; for þey ben isette aboue þe yȝeliddes. 1615 A. Hugget Divine Enthymeme 51 Which was mystically signified in the law, where Moses was commanded to cut the haire of the Leaper, supercilia & cilia, not an haire of sinne must be left. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 200 I marked how your answerer looked when he spoke of the day of judgment. Very gravely..and yet without any depressing or exalting his superciliums. 1733 G. Douglas tr. J. B. Winslow Anat. Expos. Struct. Human Body II. x. 91 The Supercilia..may be moved..downward by the Orbiculares. 1840 Dublin Jrnl. Med. Sci. 17 233 Two small blisters to be applied over each supercilium. 1855 R. Harrison Text-bk. Pract. Anat. iii. iv. 499 Supercilia, or eyebrows, bound the superior eyelids. 1946 Acta Dermato-venereologica 26 533 (title) Phthirus pubis in capillitium, cilia and supercilia. 2010 European Jrnl. Med. Genetics 53 225/1 A 31-year-old male person from Iraq presented with supercilia forming a single band of terminal hairs. b. Zoology. A superciliary marking or structure, esp. in a bird. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [noun] > mark over eye supercilium1773 superciliary1890 1773 Encycl. Brit. I. 362 The virgo has long white supercilia that hang down backwards. 1817 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. X. i. 34 Chesnut red Manakin..supercilia whitish above, margined with black. 1880 E. D. Cope On Zoöl. Position Texas 34 Head [of Zygonectes brachypterus sp. nov.] wide, with overhanging supercilia. 1934 Auk 51 243 A broad supercilium and malar stripe whitish. 1991 Bird Watching June 6/1 The strong creamy-white eyebrows (supercilia)..meet on the nape. 2002 Wilson Bull. 114 7/1 Nestlings lacked the pale yellow supercilium and black lores present in the adult plumage. 2. Architecture (chiefly in classical architecture). Now rare. a. The narrow fillet above the cymatium of a cornice. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > entablature > cornice > cymatium > narrow fillet above supercilium1563 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Eiii^v Geue .2. [partes] vnto Cymatium,..the seuenth parte is lefte for Supercilium or Regula. 1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 138 Corona is by some cal'd Supercilium, but rather I conceive Stillicidium the Drip. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Supercilium, in the ancient Architecture, the uppermost Member of the Cornice, call'd by the Moderns, Corona, Crown, or Larmier. 1771 W. Newton tr. Vitruvius Archit. iv. vi. 83 The plain corona.., with its cymatium, is formed, and its projecture is equal to the height of the supercilium. 1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §281. 311 The supercilium is similar to the architrave, and the hyperthyrum to the cornice. 1952 H. Saylor Dict. Archit. 167/1 Supercilium,..in Roman architecture, the fillet crowning the cymatium. b. A fillet above and below the scotia of an Attic base. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > base > parts of base plinth1563 torus1563 sub-basec1619 list1663 tore1664 breast1669 supercilium1686 orle1706 orlo1715 ball of a pillar1736 baston1738 batoon1819 griffe1875 1686 J. Browne Descr. & Use Joint-Rule 28 (table) in W. Fisher tr. V. Scamozzi Mirror Archit. (1687) The List or Supercilium. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Supercilium, is also used for a square Member under the upper Tore in some Pedestals. Some Authors confound it with the Tore itself. 1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. IV. Archit. 100 The archivolt..consists of a supercilium, a torus, a socle, and two stripes. 1996 W. Bucher Dict. Building Preserv. 466/2 Supercilium..also refers to the fillets above and below a scotia on an attic base. c. The lintel or transverse part of a door frame. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door lintel overslayOE overslaughta1225 overdornea1325 thresholdc1350 overthresholda1382 dernera1400 overcheekc1400 overway1430 headpiece1611 supercilium1816 paepae1937 1816 W. Wilkins Atheniensia v. 217 [Some] stone door-frames... were wholly completed, but it was necessary to place the black marble against the supercilia. 1845 J. Narrien Archit. in Encycl. Metrop. V. 290 The lintel, or supercilium, corresponds with the architrave; above the supercilium is a kind of frize, which he calls hyperthyrum, and, over this, a corona, or cornice. 1845 J. Narrien Archit. in Encycl. Metrop. V. 290 The supercilium extends, right and left, beyond the exterior of the antepagmenta. 1952 H. Saylor Dict. Archit. 167/1 Supercilium,..the molded lintel of a doorway. 2003 J. S. Curl Classical Archit. 199/1 The antepagmentum supports the lintel or supercilium. †3. Anatomy. The lip or margin of a bony cavity, esp. that of the acetabulum. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > parts of bones > [noun] > edge of cavity supercilium1578 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 2^v Notwithstandyng there are certaine Circular Processes, which augment the profundities of such Celes as are largely excaued, which beyng placed in the vpper part of them, are called Labra, or Supercilia, as it were the lippes, or browes, or as we may terme them the brinkes to those caues. 1638 A. Read Man. Anat. Body of Man (new ed.) 570 Supercilia or labra, are called the upper brims of the cavities of the joynts. 1733 G. Douglas tr. J. B. Winslow Anat. Expos. Struct. Human Body I. 72 These [sc. the portions of the Acetabulum] are the Edge call'd Supercilium, the Cartilaginous Cavity, the Impression at the bottom of the Cavity, and the Notch in the Edge. ?1768–9 Encycl. Brit. (1771) I. 204/2 A little above the supercilium of the cotyloid cavity or acetabulum. 1856 Quain's Elements Anat. (ed. 6) I. 141 It is surrounded for the most part by a margin or supercilium. 4. Superciliousness, haughtiness. Also: an instance of this, a supercilious demeanour. Now rare (humorous in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [noun] highnesseOE orgelnessOE orgelOE orgula1200 hautainesse1297 deignoushedec1330 daina1400 hautesse1399 hautainetya1450 orgulitya1470 courage1484 haughtness1489 stateliness1509 stomacha1513 heighta1525 stiffness1526 fastidie1536 disdainfulness1548 loftiness1548 fastidiousness?1555 haughtiness1555 high-mindedness1571 squeamishness1580 hichtiness1596 morguec1598 signory1598 superciliosity1606 overliness1610 superciliousness1622 excelsity1623 hauteura1628 cavalierism1643 supercilium1657 condescendency1667 supercile1679 uncondescension1681 superbness1682 fastidiosity1704 condescension1752 aristocratism1792 aristocracy1822 patricianism1826 touch-me-not-ishness1836 cavalierishness1860 patronization1944 1657 M. Nedham Great Accuser cast Down To Rdr. sig. b A man of so elated a Supercilium, so audacious a Front, that he hath dared to assault even Authority it self. 1687 S. Hill Catholic Balance ii. 80 Those [Churches] of the East upon occasions undertook to correct the supercilium of the Westerns, by telling them that they are the off spring of the East. 1733 T. Steward Ordination Charge in 15 Serm. Several Pract. Subj. (1734) 442 Your general Behaviour should..no way discourage a becoming..Familiarity with you, by a lofty Supercilium, or a forbidding Austerity. 1995 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 July 10 Over to Paris and..the supercilium of the [French] waiting classes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398
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