Superjacent
/s(j)uːpəˈdʒeɪsənt/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 lying immediately above or on something else wordnet
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More examples"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”).