Circumjacent

Quick meaning: Circumjacent is an adjective meaning (literary, archaic) Lying or located in the area arround something.

Meaning

(literary, archaic) Lying or located in the area arround something.

Example Sentences

[H]e had establiſhed his fame and dominion over the circumjacent tribes.

[W]hile the table was […] the lap of luxury […] the circumjacent region of the sitting-room was of a comparatively pastureless and shifty character: […]

[S]ome have used to get on the top of the higheſt Steeple, vvhere one may vievv with advantage, all the Countrey circumjacent, and the ſite of the City, vvith the advenues and approaches about it; and ſo take a Landskip of it.

He had taken no trouble to indicate it to his fellow citizens, purveyors and consumers, in his own and the circumjacent commonwealths, of comic matter in large lettering, diurnally “set up,” printed, published, folded and delivered, at the expense of his presumptuous emulation of the snail.

Synonyms for circumjacent

Depending on context, synonyms include circumambient, surrounding.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include circumadjacent, circumterraneous, circumambient, circumstant, around, interjacent.

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