Dictionary entry

Resupine

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re′su‐pine″ (?), a. [L. resupinus; pref. re- re- + supinus bent backward, supine.] Lying on the back; supine; hence, careless. Sir K. Digby.

He spake, and, downward swayed, fell resupine,

With his huge neck aslant. Cowper.