supercilium

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin supercilium (eyebrow; brow, ridge; pride, arrogance).

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Noun[edit]

supercilium (plural supercilia)

  1. (anatomy, rare) The eyebrow (arch of hair above each eye).
    1. The region of the eyebrows.
    2. (anatomy) The overhanging margin of a bony cavity (as of the acetabulum).
    3. (zoology) A superciliary marking or structure, especially in a bird.
  2. (architecture, classical) The narrow fillet above the cymatium of a cornice.
    1. A fillet above and below the scotia of an Attic base.
    2. The lintel or transverse part of a door frame.
  3. (rare, humorous) Superciliousness, haughtiness; an instance of this, a supercilious demeanor.

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From super- (above, over) +‎ cilium (an eyelid).

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Noun[edit]

supercilium n (genitive superciliī or supercilī); second declension

  1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) The eyebrow.
    1. The prominent part of a thing, the brow, ridge, summit.
  2. The nod, the will.
  3. Pride, haughtiness, arrogance, sternness, superciliousness.

Inflection[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative supercilium supercilia
Genitive superciliī
supercilī1
superciliōrum
Dative superciliō superciliīs
Accusative supercilium supercilia
Ablative superciliō superciliīs
Vocative supercilium supercilia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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