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Added 9 October 2026

deject

/dɪˈdʒɛkt/ verb

Latin root: dēiectus Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about deject at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Make sad or dispirited.
To cast downward.
To debase or humble.

noun

One who is lowly or abject.
A waste product.

Origin

From Old French dejeter, from Latin dēiectus, past participle of dēicere (“to throw down”), from dē- (“from, down from”) + iacere (“to throw”).

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