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supinity

supinity noun: the quality of being supine; negligence; laziness; heedlessness.

Noun

supinity (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The quality of being supine; negligence; laziness; heedlessness.
    • The Supinity of elder dayes hath left so much in silence, or time hath so martyred the Records, that the most industrious heads do finde no easie work to erect a new Britannia.1658, Thomas Browne, Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial, The Epistle
    • It was a mistake of my heart, a deceit of my imagination. Carolina, who ever thought it would at last prove so, often inveighed against my supinity, and advised me to listen to reason.—I never did […]1769, Pierre Henri Treyssac de Vergy, The Mistakes of the Heart: or Memoirs of Lady Carolina Pelham and Lady Victoria Nevil, London: J. Murdoch, Volume 3, Letter 5, p. 41

Origin of supinity

From supine + -ity, from Latin supinitas.

Questions about supinity

What does supinity mean?
Supinity means the quality of being supine; negligence; laziness; heedlessness.
What part of speech is supinity?
Supinity is a noun.

Words near supinity in the dictionary

  1. supines
  2. SUPing
  3. suping up
  4. supinidine
  5. supinine
  6. supinity
  7. Supinski
  8. Supinskis
  9. Supinsky
  10. Supinskys
  11. Suplac

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