ejaculate
pronunciation
How to pronounce ejaculate in British English:
UK [iˈdʒækjuleɪt]
How to pronounce ejaculate in American English:
US [ɪˈdʒækjəˌlet]
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- Noun:
- the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
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- Verb:
- utter impulsively
- eject semen
Word Origin
- ejaculate
- ejaculate: [16] Etymologically, ejaculate means ‘dart out’. It comes from Latin ejaculārī, a compound verb formed ultimately from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and jaculum ‘dart, javelin’. This in turn was a derivative of jacere ‘throw’ (which itself combined with ex- to form ejicere, source of English eject [15]). The word’s original sense ‘throw out suddenly’ survived (or perhaps has revived) for a time in English, but essentially it has been for its metaphorical uses (‘emit semen’ and ‘exclaim’) that it has been preserved.=> eject, jesses, jet, object, reject, subject
- ejaculate (v.)
- 1570s, "emit semen," from Latin eiaculatus, past participle of eiaculari "to throw out, shoot out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + iaculari "to throw, hurl, cast, dart," from iaculum "javelin, dart," from iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Sense of "exclaim suddenly" is from 1660s. Related: Ejaculated; ejaculating; ejaculatory.
Example
- 1. This squeeze stops the desire to ejaculate .
- 2. The massage may cause you to ejaculate and become sexually stimulated .
- 3. Many women ejaculate a smaller amount , around a teaspoon .
- 4. And probably some who think they ejaculate may in fact be leaking urine .
- 5. We know that women ejaculate through the urethra , just like men .