supercilium

Meaning

1. The eyebrow (arch of hair above each eye).
2. The region of the eyebrows.
3. The overhanging margin of a bony cavity (as of the acetabulum).
4. A superciliary marking or structure, especially in a bird.
5. The narrow fillet above the cymatium of a cornice.
6. A fillet above and below the scotia of an Attic base.
7. The lintel or transverse part of a door frame.
8. Superciliousness, haughtiness; an instance of this, a supercilious demeanor.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Latin cilium Latin superciliumbor. English supercilium Borrowed from Latin supercilium (“eyebrow; brow, ridge; pride, arrogance”).

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