SuaviloquyToday’s word

conterminous

Conterminous, a.

Etymology: [L. conterminus. Cf. Conterminous.]

Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon; contiguous. This conformed so many of them as were conterminous to the colonies and garrisons, to the Roman laws. Sir M. Hale.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for conterminous; he lists it under adjacent.

Where he writes about it:

Conterminous would imply that their dimensions were exactly equal on the side where they adjoin. — from adjacent

Synonyms

adjacentabuttingadjoiningattachedbesideborderingclosecontiguouscoterminousnearneighboringnextnigh

Antonyms

detacheddisconnecteddisjoineddistantremoteseparate

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