superciliousness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English supercilious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English superciliousness From supercilious + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being supercilious.
His little eyes glittered like mica discs with curiosity, though he tried to keep up a bit of superciliousness.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 214:...and externally more resembling her mother than any of her sisters, though she lacked Lady Anne's commanding height and that cast of countenance which indicated powerful intellect, but was unfortunately mingled with pride and superciliousness, which was the extreme reverse of Mary's expression.
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLIX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 4:He saw Dr. Simon, a typical French scientist, with glasses, a pointed brown beard, and a forehead barred with those parallel wrinkles which are the penalty of superciliousness, since they come through constantly elevating the eyebrows.
1911, G. K. Chesterton, “The Secret Garden”, in The Innocence of Father Brown:
Translations (3)
pl buta (state or quality of being supercilious) · pl wyniosłość (state or quality of being supercilious) · pl zarozumiałość (state or quality of being supercilious)