supine

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As Brent Griffiths at Business Insider explains, the "approach breaks people down into five types: Melancholy, Choleric, Sanguine, Supine, and Phlegmatic."

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2023

Supine ova: How biologists order eggs sunny side up.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2016

Supine and groggy, I tap an index finger on three emojis — a bike, a bath tub and a bed.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2016

In April, police arrested Brendan Fagan, a street artist who goes by the alias of Judith Supine, after he clambered up the Queensboro Bridge further up the East River at night and installed an artwork.

From Reuters • Jul. 22, 2014

Supine to the revelation I did lie,   Passive as prophet to his dreaming deep,   Or harp Aeolian to the breathing sky, And blest as any child whom twilight sleep   Holds half, and half lets go.

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George