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Added 9 October 2026

ejaculate

/ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.leɪt/ noun

In Latin: ēiaculor Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about ejaculate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract.

verb

Utter impulsively.
He blurted out the secret
Eject semen.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin ēiaculātus, perfect active participle of ēiaculor (“to hurl, shoot out”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from ē (“out”) + iaculor (“throw, dart”), from iaculum (“a missile, a dart”), from iaciō (“to throw, to hurl”).

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