rejectamenta
\ ri-jek-tuh-MEN-tuh \, noun;
1.things or matter rejected as useless or worthless.
Quotes:
On these rejectamenta (as they accumulate they form a cup-shaped structure) the young are born.
-- Charles Olson, "The Kingfishers," 1949
The rejectamenta in Washing Bay, Lough Neagh, proved our best collecting ground...
-- J. N. Milne and A. W. Stelfox, "Some New Molluscan Records for Co. Tyrone," The Irish Naturalist , 1906
Origin:
Rejectamenta is derived from a New Latin construction meaning "things thrown back." It entered English in the 1800s.
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