Superjacent

//s(j)uːpəˈdʒeɪsənt// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Positioned immediately above or on top of something else; overlying. not-comparable

    "Pemulis, Troeltsch, and Schacht's triple-room is subdorm B in the back north part of the second floor of West House and so superjacent to the Dining Hall […]."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lying immediately above or on something else wordnet

Synonyms

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incumbentoverlyingsuperincumbentsuprajacent

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"Pemulis, Troeltsch, and Schacht's triple-room is subdorm B in the back north part of the second floor of West House and so superjacent to the Dining Hall […]."

Etymology

From (the stem of) Latin superjacēns, present participle of superjacēre, from super- + jacēre (“to lie”).

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