| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Adjointing the shore.[Websters]
2. Being littoral, coastal or inshore. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb circumlittorally.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (circumlittorally) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective circumlittoral.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "CIRCUMLITTORAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Circumlittoral \Cir`cum*lit"to*ral\, adjective. [Prefix circum- Latin littus, littoris, shore; preferable form, litus, litoris.]. (references) |
