English

Adjective

superjacent ‎(not comparable)

1. Positioned immediately above or on top of something else; overlying. [from 16th c.]
   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 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