SUPERCILIOUS
\sˌuːpəsˈɪlɪəs], \sˌuːpəsˈɪlɪəs], \s_ˌuː_p_ə_s_ˈɪ_l_ɪ__ə_s]\
Definitions of SUPERCILIOUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
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having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "shaggy supercilious camels"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
By Princeton University
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Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior.
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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