SUPERINCUMBENT


Meaning of SUPERINCUMBENT in English

“+ adjective

Etymology: Latin superincumbent-, superincumbens, present participle of superincumbere to lie down on top of, from super- + incumbere to lie down on — more at incumbent

1. : lying or resting on something else especially so as to exert pressure

superincumbent layers of living and dead plants cut off the air and arrested decomposition — F.D.Smith & Barbara Wilcox

2. : pressing heavily : burdensome

3. of pressure : coming from above

• superincumbently adverb

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.