circumjacent

[ sur-kuh m-jey-suh nt ]

/ ˌsɜr kəmˈdʒeɪ sənt /

adjective

lying around; surrounding.

Origin of circumjacent

1480–90; < Latin circumjacent- (stem of circumjacēns, present participle of circumjacēre to lie around), equivalent to circum- circum- + jac- lie + -ent- -ent

OTHER WORDS FROM circumjacent

cir·cum·ja·cence, cir·cum·ja·cen·cy, noun

Words nearby circumjacent

circumfluent, circumfluous, circumfuse, circumgyration, circumincession, circumjacent, circumlocution, circumlunar, circumnavigate, circumnutate, circumnutation

Example sentences from the Web for circumjacent

They were circumjacent, and each might take a portion convenient to his own territory.

Political Pamphlets |George Saintsbury
They give a reality to the circumjacent picture which such a vanishing meteorous appearance can ill spare.

Essays, Second Series |Ralph Waldo Emerson
My last farewell with the inhabitants, who had flocked to me from all the circumjacent islands, was very affecting.

Letters on the Nicobar islands, their natural productions, and the manners, customs, and superstitions of the natives |John Gottfried Haensel
I engaged one of them, by a bribe of some beads, to describe the circumjacent country upon the sand.

Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 |Alexander Mackenzie

The circumjacent plains are filled with the legions of Rome.

Zenobia |William Ware