lying or resting above or upon
Origin of superjacent
Late Latin superjacens, present participle of superjacere from super-, over (see super-) + jacere, to lie, be thrown down, throw: see jetsuperjacent
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superjacent
adjective
Resting or lying immediately above or on something else.
Origin of superjacent
Latin superiacēns superiacent- present participle of superiacēre to lie over super- super- iacēre to lie down ; see yē- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(not comparable)
Antonyms
Origin
From (the stem of) Latin superjacÄ“ns, present participle of superjacÄ“re, from super- + jacÄ“re (“to lie").
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