SuaviloquyToday’s word

contiguous

Contiguous, a.

Etymology: [L. contiguus; akin to contigere to touch on all sides. See Contingent.]

In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining. The two halves of the paper did not appear fully divided . . . but seemed contiguous at one of their angles. Sir I. Newton. Sees no contiguous palace rear its head. Goldsmith. Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle.

Syn. -- Adjoining; adjacent. See Adjacent. - Con*tig"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Con*tig"u*ous*ness, n.

Shades of meaning

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

Where he writes about it:

Contiguous may be used for either adjacent or adjoining. — from adjacent