单词	superciliousness
释义	supercilioussu‧per‧cil‧i‧ous /ˌsuːpəˈsɪliəs◂ $ -pər-/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINsupercilious Origin: 1500-1600 Latin superciliosus, from supercilium ‘eyebrow, proud and unfriendly behavior’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a supercilious laugh EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Dress shop assistants grow supercilious, aware that they can uplift or slay us with a single comment. He also had unusually heavy, drooping eyelids which could make him look comic or sinister, benevolent or supercilious. His lazy, supercilious eyes, too, managed their affectation of aloofness without actually missing a trick. The Lorrimores had arrived, each wearing yesterday's expression: pleasant, aloof, supercilious, sulky. The Rover abruptly swung out and roared past, the passenger cop giving them a suspicious but mostly supercilious glare. This viewpoint seems to have prevented him from doing more than cast a supercilious eye over the book. You looked down your nose like some supercilious llama! behaving as if you think that other people are less important than you – used to show disapproval SYN  self-important:  supercilious wine waiters—superciliously adverb—superciliousness noun [uncountable]
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