ejaculate

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
  2. verb utter impulsively
  3. verb eject semen

Etymology

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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Synonyms

semen, seed, seminal fluid, cum, come

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