单词 | supercilium |
释义 | supercilium/ˌsuːpəˈsɪlɪəm/ /ˌs(j)uːpəˈsɪlɪəm/noun 1Chiefly Anatomy. The eyebrow. Now rare. 2 Zoology. A superciliary marking or structure, especially in a bird. 3The narrow fillet above the cymatium of a cornice. 4A fillet above and below the scotia of an Attic base. 5The lintel or transverse part of a door frame. 6Superciliousness, haughtiness. Also: an instance of this, a supercilious demeanour. Now rare ( humorous in later use). OriginLate Middle English; earliest use found in John Trevisa (c1342–?1402), translator. From classical Latin supercilium eyebrow, haughtiness, overhanging edge, brow, small hillock, projection in a coastline, (in architecture) overhang, (in a door frame) lintel, in post-classical Latin also lip or margin of a bony cavity, probably from super- + cilium, although cilium is first attested later and may be derived from supercilium. |
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