Associations to the word «Subjacent»

Wiktionary

SUBJACENT, adjective. Lying beneath or at a lower level; underlying.

Dictionary definition

SUBJACENT, adjective. Lying nearby but lower; "hills and subjacent valleys".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats