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CIRCUMJACENT

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cir⋅cum⋅ja⋅cent

  [sur-kuhm-jey-suhnt]
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–adjective
lying around; surrounding.
Origin:
1480–90; < L circumjacent- (s. of circumjacēns, prp. of circumjacēre to lie around), equiv. to circum- circum- + jac- lie + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
cir⋅cum⋅ja⋅cence, cir⋅cum⋅ja⋅cen⋅cy, noun
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cir·cum·ja·cent   (sûr'kəm-jā'sənt)   
adj.  Lying around; surrounding.

[Latin circumiacēns, circumiacent-, present participle of circumiacēre, to lie around : circum-, circum- + iacēre, to lie; see yē- in Indo-European roots.]
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