deject
deject · dejects
One who is lowly or abjectOne who is lowly or abject.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
/dɪˈdʒɛkt/
Meaning
2 sensesOne who is lowly or abject.
(usually plural)A waste product.
Origin
From Old French dejeter, from Latin dēiectus, past participle of dēicere (“to throw down”)From Old French dejeter, from Latin dēiectus, past participle of dēicere (“to throw down”), from dē- (“from, down from”) + iacere (“to throw”).
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