"supercilious"
Supercilious \Su'per*cil"i*ous\, a. [L. superciliosus, fr. supercilium an eyebrow, pride; super over, + cilium an eyelid; probably akin to celare to conceal. Cf. {Conceal}.] Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer;
asupercilious air; supercilious behavior. -- Su'per*cil"i*ous*ly, adv. -- Su'per*cil"i*ous*ness, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.6 (wn)
supercilious adj 1: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are
disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with
a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air";
"shaggy supercilious camels"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: {disdainful}, {haughty}, {lordly}, {prideful},
{sniffy}, {swaggering}] 2: expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner";
"makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one" [syn: {sneering}, {snide}]
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