circumjacent
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prettygoodwordcircumjacent (sir-kum-JAY-sent) - adj., surrounding, lying on all sides.
Not adjacent -- adjacent everywhere. South Africa is circumjacent to Lesotho. Borrowed in the 1480s from Latin, from circa, around + jacēre, to lie down.
---L.
Not adjacent -- adjacent everywhere. South Africa is circumjacent to Lesotho. Borrowed in the 1480s from Latin, from circa, around + jacēre, to lie down.
---L.
