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Feb. 24, 2016
supercilious\soo-per-SIL-ee-uh s\adjective
1. haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial
expression.
QuotesIn the shadow under the green visor of the cap Ignatius J.
Reilly's supercilious blue and yellow eyes looked down upon the other
people waiting under the clock at the D. H. Holmes department store,
studying the crowd of people for signs of bad taste in dress.
-- John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, 1980OriginSupercilious
is related to the Latin supercilium meaning "eyebrow." Its been used
in English since the 1500s.More From Dictionary.comSubmit a favorite
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