circumambient

[sur-kuhm-am-bee-uhnt]

adjective

1. encompassing; surrounding; enveloping.

   circumambient gloom.

circumambient

/ ˌsɜːkəmˈæmbɪənt /

adjective

1. surrounding

Other Word Forms

• circumambience noun
• circumambiency noun
• circumambiently adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of circumambient¹

First recorded in 1625–35; from Late Latin circumambient- (stem of circumambiēns ); circum-, ambient

Word History and Origins

Origin of circumambient¹

C17: from Late Latin circumambīre, from _circum- + ambīre to go round

Example Sentences

There is a lot of circumambient madness that the captions help pin down.

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After a while, “What’s become of that child?” he demanded of circumambient space.

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Flames rose to a considerable height, "illuminating the circumambient atmosphere and presenting to the eye many dreadful objects, from the supposed haunted grove, which were again instantaneously involved in obscurity".

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It is as easy to take all these measurements when our earthly observatory is steadily revolved within the sphere of circumambient stars.

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My sense of identity was no longer narrowly confined to a body, but embraced the circumambient atoms.

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Related Words

• neighboring