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English
Etymology
From Middle English ajoinen, from Old French ajoindre, (compare French adjoindre), from Latin adiungō (“join to”), formed from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iungō (“join”).
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Adjective
adjoining (comparative more adjoining, superlative most adjoining)
- Being in contact at some point or line; joining to
- Synonyms: contiguous, bordering
an adjoining room
1902, Robert B. Ross, editor, History of the Knaggs family of Ohio and Michigan, retrieved 2013-07-22, page 46:The location was described to be "on the lower side of the river, adjoining land owned by Whitmore Knaggs and on the upper side by lands not yet granted."
1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:He had contemplated Pym in all the stages he had grown up with him, drunk with him and worked with him, including a night in Berlin he had totally forgotten until now when they had ended up screwing a couple of army nurses in adjoining rooms.
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Verb
adjoining
- present participle and gerund of adjoin