Today's Word "supercilious"
Published in Vocabulary
supercilious \soo-puhr-SIL-ee-uhs\ (adjective) - Disdainfully arrogant; haughty.
"I could have gladly booted the bloke there and then, but mother was already heaping her praise and approval on the supercilious pillock, so my opinion was not asked and the trousers were duly purchased." -- Eddy Vee, ' The Teddy Boy on the Trolley Bus'
Supercilious is from Latin superciliosus, from supercilium, "an eyebrow, arrogance," from super, "over" + cilium, "an eyelid."
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