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Word: Circumjacent
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late 15th century: from Latin circumjacent- ‘lying round about, bordering upon’, from the verb circumjacere, from circum ‘around’ + jacere ‘to lie’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌsəːkəmˈdʒeɪs(ə)nt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
surrounding
Short Definition:surrounding
Examples:- the circumjacent parts of the mouth
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