resupine

English

Etymology

From Latin resupinus, from re- (“re-”) + supinus (“bent backward, supine”).

Adjective

resupine (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Lying on the back; supine.
   • 1628, Kenelm Digby, Journal of a Voyage Into the Mediterranean:

     a most resupine patience

   • 1791, Homer, “[The Odyssey.] Book IX.”, in W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume II, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 208, lines 533–534:

     He ſpake, and, downward ſway'd, fell reſupine, / With his huge neck aſlant.

References

• “resupine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Perusine, penuries