4: supercilious Dec 12, 2014

Today's Word Facts word is a super-silly one, supercilious. The origin of this word comes from the latin, 'supercilium' meaning eyebrow. The word eyebrow does not at first seem to be related at all to people thinking themselves superior. However, those who are themselves supercilious may often be caught with a disdainful eyebrow raise.