circumjacent

American  

[sur-kuhm-jey-suhnt] / ˌsɜr kəmˈdʒeɪ sənt /

adjective

1. lying around; surrounding.

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Other Word Forms

• circumjacence noun
• circumjacency noun

Etymology

Origin of circumjacent

1480–90; < Latin circumjacent- (stem of circumjacēns, present participle of circumjacēre to lie around), equivalent to circum- circum- + jac- lie + -ent- -ent

Example Sentences

Thus does the earth rotate together with circumjacent waters and encircling atmosphere.’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The colonist who resides here informed me that the corn never suffered from cold, as, besides the shelter afforded by these plantations, the circumjacent water moderated the degree of frost.

From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 by Linn?, Carl von

The speculators in exchange say, also, that those of the circumjacent countries, who have a balance in their favor against France, remit that balance to England from France.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

I engaged one of them, by a bribe of some beads, to describe the circumjacent country upon the sand.

From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I by Mackenzie, Alexander

My last farewell with the inhabitants, who had flocked to me from all the circumjacent islands, was very affecting.

From Letters on the Nicobar islands, their natural productions, and the manners, customs, and superstitions of the natives with an account of an attempt made by the Church of the United Brethren, to convert them to Christianity by Latrobe, Christian Ignatius