su-pine
adj. :: Lying on the back, or with the face upward.
adj. :: Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.
"This whale is not dead; he is only dispirited; out of sorts, perhaps; hypochondriac; and so supine, that the hinges of his jaw have relaxed, leaving him there in that ungainly sort of plight, a reproach to all his tribe, who must, no doubt, imprecate lock-jaws upon him." --Melville, Herman
adj. :: Lying on the back, or with the face upward.
adj. :: Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.
"This whale is not dead; he is only dispirited; out of sorts, perhaps; hypochondriac; and so supine, that the hinges of his jaw have relaxed, leaving him there in that ungainly sort of plight, a reproach to all his tribe, who must, no doubt, imprecate lock-jaws upon him." --Melville, Herman
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