resupine

American  

[ree-soo-pahyn, res-uh-] / ˌri suˈpaɪn, ˌrɛs ə- /

adjective

1. lying on the back; supine.

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resupine British  

/ rɪˈsjuːpaɪn /

adjective

1. rare lying on the back; supine

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Etymology

Origin of resupine

First recorded in 1620–30, resupine is from the Latin word resupīnus bent back, lying back. See re-, supine

Example Sentences

Then, ev’ry rower to his bench repair’d; 90 They drew the loosen’d cable from its hold In the drill’d rock, and, resupine, at once With lusty strokes upturn’d the flashing waves.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

As he lay on the bed half resupine, propped up with pillows, and also slept in that posture, his lower jaw dropped by its own weight, when the voluntary power of the muscles was suspended.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Sansculottism, once more flung resupine, lies sprawling; sprawling its last.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

He spake, and, downward sway'd, fell resupine, With his huge neck aslant.

From The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) by Knowles, John

He spake, and, downward sway’d, fell resupine, With his huge neck aslant.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William