superjacent
English
Etymology
From (the stem of) Latin superjacēns, present participle of superjacēre, from super- + jacēre (“to lie”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /s(j)uːpəˈdʒeɪsənt/
Adjective
superjacent (not comparable)
- Positioned immediately above or on top of something else; overlying. [from 16th c.]
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 171:
- 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 […].
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 171:
Antonyms
- subjacent
Latin
Verb
superjacent
- third-person plural present active indicative of superjaceō