resupinate
/ɹəˈsupɪnɪt/adjective, verb
resupinate is an adjective meaning “Having the appearance of being upside down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-S-U-P-I-N-A-T-E, and it appears about once in every 63 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does resupinate mean?
adjective
- 1
Having the appearance of being upside down.
resupinate flowers
- 2
Lying on the back.
verb
- 1
To supinate.
- 2
To lie back into a supine position.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce resupinate?
- US /ɹəˈsupɪnɪt/
As a verb (“To supinate”): /ɹəˈsupɪnˌeɪt/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-resupinate.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-resupinate2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of resupinate
- more resupinate comparative
- most resupinate superlative
- resupinates present, singular, he/she/it
- resupinating participle, present
- resupinated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is resupinate?
Resupinate appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does resupinate come from?
From Latin resupino, where the re- prefix occurs in its "back or backward" sense, not its "again" sense.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).