superjacent
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prettygoodwordsuperjacent (soo-per-JAY-suhnt) - adj., lying above or upon.
Adjacent being lying next to -- and, yes, there is a subjacent for lying underneath as well as circumjacent for lying all around/surrounding. From Latin superjacēns, present participle of superjacēre, to rest upon, from super-, over/above + jacēre, to lie.
---L.
Adjacent being lying next to -- and, yes, there is a subjacent for lying underneath as well as circumjacent for lying all around/surrounding. From Latin superjacēns, present participle of superjacēre, to rest upon, from super-, over/above + jacēre, to lie.
---L.
