Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SU-PER-CIL'I-OUS
SU-PER-CIL'IA-RYSU-PER-CIL'I-OUS-LY
SU-PER-CIL'I-OUS, a. [L. superciliosus. See above.]
- Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; as, a supercilious officer.
- Manifesting haughtiness, or proceeding from it; overbearing; as, a supercilious air; supercilious behavior.
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