Obs. [ad. L. supīnitās, f. supīnus SUPINE: see -ITY.]
1. = SUPINENESS 1.
1548. Udall, Erasm. Par., Pref. a vj b. To liue altogether in a carelesse supinitee.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., I. viii. 34. Their relations falling generally upon credulous Readers, they meet with prepared beliefes, whose supinities had rather assent unto all, then adventure the triall of any.
1705. in Pa. Hist. Soc. Mem., X. 1. Coasts so ill guarded, by the supinity of the governors and captains of the frigates.
1728. Morgan, Algiers, II. i. 218. Spanish Passiveness and Supinity.
1750. Beawes, Lex Mercat., Pref. (1752), p. vii. To remedy which, and to supply the Supinity of others.
b. Physical inactivity or sluggishness. rare–1.
1725. Fam. Dict., s.v. Dropsy, When the Dropsy proceeds from the real Indisposition … of the Liver, it’s known by … Litherness or Supinity of the Belly.
2. = SUPINENESS 2. rare.
1638. Junius, Paint. Ancients, 295. That the breast and belly be not so put forth as to bow the backe, seeing all supinitie is odious.
1755. in Johnson.
