dejecture

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈdʒɛktʃə(ɹ)/

Noun

dejecture (usually uncountable, plural dejectures)

That which is voided; excrement.
- 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], 1st Irish edition, Dublin: […] S. Powell, for George Risk, […], George Ewing, […], and William Smith, […], →OCLC:
  Perspiration , Sweat , Urine , liquid Dejectures , Leanness , Weakness , and Thirst

References

“dejecture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Participle

dējectūre

vocative masculine singular of dējectūrus

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