English → Latin
“supercilious” in Latin
superbusproud, rude, supercilious, arrogant, haughty, uncivil, insolent, discourteous; proud, superior, superb, excellent, distiarrogōto claim as one's own, arrogate to oneself, assume; to assign, attribute; to confer upon or procure for someoneīnsolēnsunusual; contrary to custom or one’s own custom; arrogant, haughty, insolentfastīdiōsussqueamish; nauseating; disdainful, scornful
The English word supercilious itself goes back to Latin cilium, through superciliōsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
supercilious
superbus: arrogans: insolens [SYN. in ARROGANT]: alios prae se contemnens: fastidiosus: nimius admirator sui.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for supercilious?
- The usual Latin words for “supercilious” are superbus, arrogō, īnsolēns; also fastīdiōsus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.