cumbentadj.
/ˈkʌmbənt/ Lying down, in a reclining position: esp. of figures in statuary.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adjective]
lyingc1000
couchant1601
prone1610
jacent1611
decumbent1656
cumbentc1660
recumbent1664
recline1667
procumbent1668
discumbent1693
reclining1748
couched1807
Récamier1904
Madame Récamier1913
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 242 Cumbent figures of Marble.
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 198 It represents..S. Ioseph in a cumbent posture.
1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 8 Too cold the grassy mantle..For cumbent sheep.
1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers II. 162 (note) The very interesting cumbent figure found..in Rochester Cathedral.
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- rhomboid ligament
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- rhomboidal
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- rhomboidalacute
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- rhomboideal
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