单词 | supinity |
释义 | supinityn. 1. a. = supineness n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] accidiaOE accidie?c1225 lethargyc1380 faintness1398 lithernessc1425 listlesshedec1440 owlisthead1440 supinity1548 lustlessness1556 benumbedness1566 phlegm1578 apoplexy1589 acedia1607 torpor1607 drowsiness1611 torpidity1614 languishmentc1620 hebetude1621 acedy1623 inerty1623 supineness1640 listlessness1646 cadaveriety1651 inertitude1656 oscitation1656 torpulency1657 sopor1658 phlegmaticness1659 lethargicalness1664 torpidnessa1676 faineantisea1684 phlegmatism1688 vis inertiae1710 torpitude1713 moonery1764 donothingness1814 benumbment1817 inertia1821 languor1825 donothingism1839 Mondayishness1850 mooniness1852 mooning1857 fainéantisme1873 sog1874 Oblomovism1902 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. sig. a vjv To liue altogether in a carelesse supinitee. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. viii. 34 Their relations falling generally upon credulous Readers, they meet with prepared beliefes, whose supinities had rather assent unto all, then adventure the triall of any. View more context for this quotation 1685 R. Brady Compl. Hist. Eng. 93 Vortigern..obtained the Government over the Britains; to whose Easiness, Supinity, Luxury, and Effeminacy..Gildas passionately attributes the ruine of his Country. 1705 in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1872) X. 1 Coasts so ill guarded, by the supinity of the governors and captains of the frigates. 1750 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria (1752) Pref. p. vii To remedy which, and to supply the Supinity of others. 1847 Merchants' Mag. Sept. 267 Is there then a nation, who, by its supinity, consummate ignorance, or wilful or studied intractableness, so far overlooks its own interests? 1885 J. Byrne Gen. Princ. Struct. Lang. I. ii. i. 52 A monstrous indisposition to thought and action runs through all the nations of them, and their whole earthly happiness seems to lie in indolence and supinity. 1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) lxxxv. 455 Eastern government rested not so much on consent or force, as on the common supinity, hebetude, lack-a-daisiness, which gave a minority undue effect. 1991 M. Howarth Britain's Educ. Reform vii. 162 The British working class has been squeezed into supinity by inappropriate and irrelevant representation in government. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > [noun] sleepc897 restc1175 passibilityc1485 slumber1554 cessation1603 quiescence1625 torpor1626 quiescency1629 inaction1638 inactivity1640 vacation1644 unactiveness1647 non-acting1648 passiveness1648 requiescence1654 unactivity1654 inertness1661 passivity1667 inactiveness1678 unaction1698 stagnation1711 supinity1725 immechanism1740 inertion1756 repose1757 lifelessness1833 stagnancy1837 unawakenedness1879 stasis1920 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Dropsy When the Dropsy proceeds from the real Indisposition..of the Liver, it's known by..Litherness or Supinity of the Belly. 2. The state or position of lying on one's back or (loosely) of lying down. Cf. supineness n. 2. rare before late 20th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > [noun] > with face upwards supinity1638 supineness1755 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 295 That the breast and belly be not so put forth as to bow the backe, seeing all supinitie is odious. 1820 J. F. L. Williams Hist. Acct. Inventions & Discov. I. 93 In what order Christ and his disciples were disposed, other than with respect to supinity or recumbency, may not be, perhaps, determined. 1996 J. Updike In Beauty of Lilies 43 The man..made a gesture at elbowing himself higher in the bed, before lapsing back into supinity. 2002 C. Moore Lamb ix. 111 ‘So, what do you want?’ I said, finally, from my wet and sandy supinity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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