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supercilious (iou) and Pomona (iou)


supercilious (iou)



supercilious adjective. E16.
[from Latin superciliosus, formed as SUPERCILIUM: see -OUS.]
Haughtily contemptuous in character or demeanour; having or expressing an air of contemptuous indifference or superiority. (Earliest in superciliously.) E16.
Dictatorial, overbearing; censorious. L16-L18.
Zoology. In names of animals: distinguished by a conspicuous stripe, prominence, etc., over the eye. L18-E19.
superciliously adverb E16.
superciliousness noun M17.

Pomona (iou)



Pomona noun & adjective. Also pomona. M17.
[Latin name of the Roman goddess of fruits and fruit trees from pomum fruit.]
A. noun.
(Usu. Pomona.) (Used as a title for a treatise on) the fruit trees of a country. M17.
(pomona.) In full Pomona green. A green colour in which yellow predominates over blue. M19.
J. Fowles Such an infinity of greens..from the most intense emerald to the palest Pomona.
Pomona-glass, a type of ornamental glass stained pale amber on one surface and etched on the Other. L19.
b. adjective. Of a pomona green colour. M19.