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ejaculation

noun
/iˌdʒækjuˈleɪʃən/UK

Etymology

From French éjaculation, borrowed from Latin ēiaculārī.

  1. derived from ēiaculārī
  2. derived from éjaculation

Definitions

  1. The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.

  2. The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer…

    The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered.

    • They say no graces; but when their meal is on the table, they sit silent and in a thoughtful posture for a short time, waiting for an illapſe of the Spirit. If they are not moved to make any ejaculation, they begin to eat without more ado.
    • She gaped at us dumbly for perhaps five seconds, then uttered an ejaculation, far from suitable to mixed company, which she had no doubt picked up from fellow-Nimrods in her hunting days.

  3. The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct or other body structure.

The neighborhood

Derived

anejaculation, delayed ejaculation, dysejaculation, ejaculation praecox, electroejaculation, female ejaculation, intravaginal ejaculation latency time, premature ejaculation, retrograde ejaculation

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ejaculation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA