jaculate

American  

[jak-yuh-leyt] / ˈdʒæk yəˌleɪt /

verb (used with object)

jaculated, jaculating

1. to throw or hurl (a dart, javelin, etc.).

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Other Word Forms

• interjaculate verb (used with object)
• interjaculatory adjective
• jaculation noun
• jaculator noun
• jaculatory adjective

Etymology

Origin of jaculate

1615–25; < Latin jaculātus (past participle of jaculāre to throw the javelin), equivalent to jacul ( um ) javelin (noun use of neuter of jaculus used for hurling, equivalent to jac- hurl + -ulus adj. suffix) + -ātus -ate ¹