ejaculate

[ verb ih-jak-yuh-leyt; noun ih-jak-yuh-lit ]

verb (used with object)

, e·jac·u·lat·ed, e·jac·u·lat·ing.

1. to utter suddenly and briefly; exclaim.
2. to eject (semen).
3. to eject suddenly and swiftly; discharge.

verb (used without object)

, e·jac·u·lat·ed, e·jac·u·lat·ing.

1. to eject semen.

noun

1. the semen emitted in an ejaculation.

ejaculate

verb

1. to eject or discharge (semen) in orgasm
2. tr to utter abruptly; blurt out

noun

1. another word for semen

Derived Forms

• eˈjacuˌlator, noun

Other Words From

• une·jacu·lated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ejaculate¹

First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin ējaculātus “thrown out,” past participle of ējaculārī “to shoot out, throw out,” from ē- e- ¹ + jacul(um) “javelin” (from jac(ere) “to throw” + -ulum -ule ) + -ārī, infinitive suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of ejaculate¹

C16: from Latin ējaculārī to hurl out, from jaculum javelin, from jacere to throw

Example Sentences

They were first observed in 1677 when Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, the Dutch inventor of one of the world’s first microscopes, took a look at his own ejaculate under magnification and noticed what he called “animalcules” swimming around in the sample.

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