| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+|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