interjacent
English
WOTD – 21 December 2011
Etymology
From Latin inter- (“between”) + jacēre (“to lie down”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪntəɹˈd͡ʒeɪsənt/
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Adjective
interjacent (not comparable)
- Situated between; lying among.
- 1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia:
- The interjacent islands between Asia and America admit his passing from one continent to the other […]
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Translations
situated between
Latin
Verb
interjacent
- third-person plural present active indicative of interjaceō