He became pusillanimous and supine, and openly exposed to any
temptation.
Woodward.
Syn. -- Negligent; heedless; indolent; thoughtless; inattentive;
listless; careless; drowsy.
-- Su*pine"ly, adv. -- Su*pine"ness, n.
Su"pine (?), n. [L. supinum (sc. verbum), from supinus bent or thrown
backward, perhaps so called because, although furnished with
substantive case endings, it rests or falls back, as it were, on the
verb: cf. F. supin.] (Lat. Gram.) A verbal noun; or (according to
C.F.Becker), a case of the infinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that
in -um being sometimes called the former supine, and that in -u the
latter supine.
Su*pin"i*ty (?), n. [L. supinitas.] Supineness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Sup"page (?), n. [From Sup.] What may be supped; pottage. [Obs.]
Hooker.
Sup`pal*pa"tion (?), n. [L. suppalpari to caress a little; sub under, a
little + palpare to caress.] The act of enticing by soft words;
enticement. [Obs.]
Sup*par`a*si*ta"tion (?), n. [See Supparasite.] The act of flattering
to gain favor; servile approbation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Sup*par"a*site (?), v. t. [L. supparasitari; sub under, a little +
parasitus a parasite.] To flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite.
[Obs.] Dr. R. Clerke.
Sup*pawn" (?), n. See Supawn.
Sup`pe*da"ne*ous (?), a. [Pref. sub- + L. pes, pedis, a foot: cf. L.
suppedaneum a footstool.] Being under the feet. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Sup*ped"i*tate (?), v. t. [L. suppeditatus, p. p. of suppeditare to
supply.] To supply; to furnish. [Obs.] Hammond.
Sup*ped`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. suppeditatio.] Supply; aid afforded.
[Obs.] Bacon.
Sup"per (?), n. [OE. soper, super, OF. super, soper, F. souper;
originally an infinitive, to sup, take a meal. See Soup, and cf. Sup to
take supper.] A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.
Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the
first part of a compound; as, supper time or supper-time, supper bell,
supper hour, etc.