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 • Nov. 30, 2018
Insects and the rejectamenta of the sea-shore and occasionally grain form its diet.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.
On these wooden rejectamenta "a certaine spume or froth" grows, according to Gerard.
From Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky by Holden, Edward Singleton
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