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supercilious

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12 lettersPronunciation /ˌsuː.pəˈsɪ.li.əs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ceiiloprssuuStarts with SEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. expressive of contempt

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Latin superciliōsus (“haughty”).

Used in a sentence

  • [H]is ſupercilious glances grevv humbled, yea, his dazeling ſplendor (eclipſt in the ſetting [i.e., death] of his Maſter) becomes quickly darkned: […]
  • Now he was a sturdy, straw haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner.

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