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 […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 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

• subjacent

Latin

Verb

superjacent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of superjaceō