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)

  1. 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 […].

Antonyms

Latin

Verb

superjacent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of superjaceō
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