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circumambient

circumambient adjective: including all aspects of; encompassing.

Adjective

circumambient (comparative more circumambient, superlative most circumambient)

  1. Including all aspects of; encompassing.
  2. Surrounding.
    • Thus gaiety and cheerfulness prevail, / Spreading from young to old, from old to young, / And no one seems to want his share.—Immense / Is the recess, the circumambient world / Magnificent, by which they are embraced: […]1799–1805 (date written), William Wordsworth, “Book VIII. Retrospect.—Love of Nature Leading to Love of Man.”, in The Prelude, or Growth of a Poet’s Mind; an Autobiographical Poem, London: Edward...
    • Philip seemed really to be born again. He breathed the circumambient air as though he had never breathed it before, and he took a child's pleasure in all the facts of the world.1915, W. S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage

Adverb

circumambient (comparative more circumambient, superlative most circumambient)

  1. In a circumambient manner.

circumambient meaning in Urdu

circumambient in Urdu

محیط

Forms of circumambient

Adjective
comparativemore circumambient
superlativemost circumambient
Adverb
comparativemore circumambient
superlativemost circumambient

Origin of circumambient

From Latin circum (“around”) + ambiō, from amb- (“both side”) + eō (“go”), literally "go on both sides of". Synchronically circum- + ambient.

Words formed from circumambient

Questions about circumambient

What does circumambient mean?
Circumambient means including all aspects of; encompassing.
What is circumambient in Urdu?
Circumambient in Urdu is محیط. See Circumambient meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is circumambient?
Circumambient can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near circumambient in the dictionary

  1. circumambiances
  2. circumambience
  3. circumambiences
  4. circumambiencies
  5. circumambiency
  6. circumambient
  7. circumambiently
  8. circumambulate
  9. circumambulated
  10. circumambulates
  11. circumambulating

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