circumambient
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- circumambience noun
- circumambiency noun
- circumambiently adverb
Etymology
Origin of circumambient
First recorded in 1625–35; from Late Latin circumambient- (stem of circumambiēns ); circum-, ambient
Example Sentences
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With it, we reduce the huge circumambient room for error to a manageable somatic circumference.
From Golf Digest
There is a lot of circumambient madness that the captions help pin down.
From New York Times
But still dark, and darkening, like a vast abyss, lay the hall before us; and the great chandelier was itself a blot, like a mystery hung in circumambient nothingness.
From Project Gutenberg
But even the most impudent curiosity could not long survive Mrs. Courteen's circumambient frankness.
From Project Gutenberg
After a while, “What’s become of that child?” he demanded of circumambient space.
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