ejaculate
ejaculate Lexical Profile
ejaculate Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To eject or discharge semen or other fluid from the body, especially at the climax of sexual excitement.
"The medical textbook explains the physiological reflexes that cause the male reproductive system to ejaculate."
To utter or exclaim something suddenly and vehemently (now dated or literary).
""Good heavens!" he ejaculated in astonishment upon hearing the unexpected news."
• noun
Semen or other fluid discharged from the body during an act of ejaculation.
"The fertility clinic analyzed the volume and motility of the sample."
Word Nuance & Usage
In older literature (such as 19th-century and early 20th-century fiction), the verb was commonly used to mean 'to exclaim suddenly,' though in contemporary English it is almost exclusively restricted to its physiological and anatomical sense.
• Rhymes for ejaculate
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from Latin ejaculatus, the past participle of ejaculari ('to throw out or hurl'), derived from e- ('out') and jaculum ('dart' or 'javelin'), from jacere ('to throw').