rejectamenta
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of rejectamenta
1810–20; < New Latin rējectāmenta things thrown back (plural of rējectāmentum ), equivalent to Latin rējectā ( re ) (frequentative of rējicere to reject ) + -mentum -ment
Example Sentences
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It’s tempting to read into this lust for evacuation an anxiety about our current age, when our rejectamenta of various kinds are bearing back down on us from all sides.
From The Guardian
Insects and the rejectamenta of the sea-shore and occasionally grain form its diet.
From Project Gutenberg
Large exotic nuts or seeds," says Dr. Patrick Neill, in his interesting "Tour," quoted in a former chapter, "which in Orkney are known by the name of Molucca beans, are occasionally found among the rejectamenta of the sea, especially after westerly winds.
From Project Gutenberg
On these wooden rejectamenta "a certaine spume or froth" grows, according to Gerard.
From Project Gutenberg
Having left Captain Stanley's party on their way to the lighthouse, I found on the western side of the island a long sandy beach strewed with marine rejectamenta, among which were many new species of zoophytes; the number and variety of sponges was very great, but nearly all had suffered so much from exposure to the sun and weather, as to be useless as specimens.
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