recumbent

re·cum·bent

adj \ri-ˈkəm-bənt\

Definition of RECUMBENT

1

a : suggestive of repose : leaning, resting b : lying down

2

: representing a person lying down <a recumbent statue>

Examples of RECUMBENT

1. The Egyptian sphinx has the body of a recumbent lion.
2. … the psychiatrist's popular image remains that of a little bearded figure with a Central European accent, scribbling away in a notebook behind his recumbent patient. —Roland Littlewood, Times Literary Supplement, September 1984
3. A recumbent figure started up from the grass and came running toward them through the flickering screen of light and shade. —Willa Cather, O Pioneers!, 1913

Origin of RECUMBENT

Latin recumbent-, recumbens, present participle of recumbere to lie down, from re- + -cumbere to lie down; akin to Latin cubare to lie

First Known Use: 1705

Rhymes with RECUMBENT

decumbent, incumbent, procumbent