detrita

English

Noun

detrita

1. (hypercorrect, rare) plural of detritus
   • 2007 April 22, New York Times‎:

     My earth science teacher in high school explained that Jamaica Avenue was situated on the geological terminal moraine, whereupon the glaciers of millions of years past deposited their detrita.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:detritus.

Anagrams

• attired, eat dirt

Latin

Participle

dētrīta

1. inflection of dētrītus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Participle

dētrītā

1. ablative feminine singular of dētrītus