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circumambient

[ sur-kuhm-am-bee-uhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

circumambient

/ ˌsɜːkəmˈæmbɪənt /

First recorded in 1625–35; from Late Latin circumambient- (stem of circumambiēns ); circum-, ambient

C17: from Late Latin circumambīre, from circum- + ambīre to go round

“He knows it,” shouted Aristide with a delighted gesture which nearly cast Jean to the circumambient geese.

As well as being green itself, it tinges the circumambient atmosphere with green.

Their God is invisible; he is a universal spirit, like this circumambient air; of no form, dwelling in no place.

Few miles off, on the other side of the Moldau;—of unknown strength, hidden in the circumambient clouds of Pandours.

That must be a pernicious agitation of the circumambient atmosphere, which conduces not to the benefit of any individual.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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