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Etymology
From Latin resupinus, from re- (“re-”) + supinus (“bent backward, supine”).
Adjective
resupine (not comparable)
- (archaic) Lying on the back; supine.
1628, Kenelm Digby, Journal of a Voyage Into the Mediterranean:a most resupine patience
1791, Homer, “[The Odyssey.] Book IX.”, in W Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, , volume II, London: J Johnson, , →OCLC, page 208, lines 533–534:He ſpake, and, downward ſway'd, fell reſupine, / With his huge neck aſlant.
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