rejectamenta: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

Sep. 12, 2014

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 Origin Rejectamenta is derived from a New Latin construction meaning "things thrown back." It entered English in the 1800s.

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