1. A surrounding.
2. A going round; circumlocution in speaking.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention.
Circumjacence Roget’s Thesaurus §227
N. circumjacence, circumambience, environment, encompassment, atmosphere, medium, surroundings, outpost, border, girdle, outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs, environs, entourage, banlieue, neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity
V. lie around, surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird, belt, begird, engird, skirt, twine round, hem in
Adv. around, about, without, on every side, on all sides, right and left, all round, round about
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