CIRCUMJACENT


Meaning of CIRCUMJACENT in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+|jās ə nt adjective

Etymology: Latin circumjacent-, circumjacens, present participle of circumjacēre, from circum- + jacēre to lie — more at circum- , gist

: lying adjacent on all sides : surrounding

the circumjacent hills — John Buchan

the whole circumjacent region of which it is the capital — George Borrow

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