Saturday, September 13, 2014

Word of the Day

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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