supercilious
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
supercilious/suːpəˈsɪliəs/
▶adjective having an air of contemptuous superiority.
– derivatives
superciliously adverb,
superciliousness noun.
superciliously adverb,
superciliousness noun.
– origin C16: from L. superciliosus ‘haughty’, from supercilium ‘eyebrow’.
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