jaculate

English

Etymology

From Latin iaculor ("to throw, to dart"), in turn from iaciō ("to cast, to fling").

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Verb

jaculate (third-person singular simple present jaculates, present participle jaculating, simple past and past participle jaculated)

1. To throw or cast, as a dart; to throw out; to emit.

Derived terms

• interjaculate

Related terms

• ejaculate
• jaculation

References

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

Latin

Participle

jaculāte

1. vocative masculine singular of jaculātus