Word of the Day

The Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 14th 2012 is recumbent:

re·cum·bent

   /rɪˈkʌmbənt/ [ri-kuhm-buhnt]adjective

1. lying down; reclining; leaning.

2. inactive; idle.

3. Zoology, Botany . noting a part that leans or reposes upon its surface of origin.

 

noun

4. a recumbent person, animal, plant, etc.

 

Origin:
1765–75; < Latin recumbent-  (stem of recumbēns ), present participle of recumbere  to lie back, equivalent to re- re- + cumb-,  akin to cubāre  to lie down + -ent- -ent