supercilious

Definition

Arrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin superciliōsus (“haughty”).

Example Sentences

• "[H]is ſupercilious glances grevv humbled, yea, his dazeling ſplendor (eclipſt in the ſetting [i.e., death] of his Maſter) becomes quickly darkned: […]"
• ""I've tried to be a good man, sir, and do my duty honest, and if it wasn't for the supercilus^([sic]) kind of way in which father carried on last night - a sort of sniffing at me as it were, as though he hadn't no opinion of my references and testimonials - I should feel easy enough in my mind.""
• "Now he was a sturdy, straw haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner."