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ejaculate

[ verb ih-jak-yuh-leyt; noun ih-jak-yuh-lit ]

verb (used with object)

, e·jac·u·lat·ed, e·jac·u·lat·ing.
  1. to utter suddenly and briefly; exclaim.
  2. to eject (semen).
  3. to eject suddenly and swiftly; discharge.


verb (used without object)

, e·jac·u·lat·ed, e·jac·u·lat·ing.
  1. to eject semen.

noun

  1. the semen emitted in an ejaculation.

ejaculate

verb

  1. to eject or discharge (semen) in orgasm
  2. tr to utter abruptly; blurt out
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. another word for semen
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • eˈjacuˌlator, noun
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Other Words From

  • une·jacu·lated adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ejaculate1

First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin ējaculātus “thrown out,” past participle of ējaculārī “to shoot out, throw out,” from ē- e- 1 + jacul(um) “javelin” (from jac(ere) “to throw” + -ulum -ule ) + -ārī, infinitive suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ejaculate1

C16: from Latin ējaculārī to hurl out, from jaculum javelin, from jacere to throw
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Example Sentences

They were first observed in 1677 when Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, the Dutch inventor of one of the world’s first microscopes, took a look at his own ejaculate under magnification and noticed what he called “animalcules” swimming around in the sample.

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