supine
adjective
[ ˈs(j)uːpʌɪn ]
• (of a person) lying face upwards.
Similar:
flat on one's back,
prone,
recumbent,
prostrate,
stretched out,
spreadeagled,
lying,
sprawling,
horizontal,
flat as a pancake,
• failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness or indolence.
• "they remained supine in the face of terrible wrongdoing"
Similar:
weak,
spineless,
yielding,
enervated,
effete,
docile,
acquiescent,
pliant,
submissive,
servile,
inactive,
passive,
inert,
spiritless,
apathetic,
indifferent,
supine
noun
• a Latin verbal noun used only in the accusative and ablative cases, especially to denote purpose (e.g. mirabile dictu ‘wonderful to relate’).
Origin:
late Middle English: the adjective from Latin supinus ‘bent backwards’ (related to super ‘above’); the noun from late Latin supinum, neuter of supinus .
