ejaculationn.
/ɪˌdʒakjuːˈleɪʃən/ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > throwing missiles
ejaculation1625
pecking1821
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > ejection
casting1340
out-throw1532
prolation1577
ejecting1602
ejection1604
ejaculation1625
evomition1653
1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. xxii. 143 Ashes..carried many miles..with their own violent eiaculation.
1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iv. xiv. 336 Man..furnished himselfe to the full..with instruments of eiaculation.
1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts 238 A sling..should be altogether for ejaculations.
1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. III. 61 When the ejaculation is strong and brisk, the petroleous wells are observed to become very turbid.
1818 Ann. Reg., Chron. 495 [He] spouted out of his mouth..several tuns of water..This ejaculation was received with the highest applause.
2. The sudden ejection or emission (of seed, fluids, etc.) from the animal or vegetable system. spec. the discharging of the male sperm.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > letting or forcing out (a substance, etc.) > [noun]
expulsionc1400
ejaculation1603
expulsation1615
transpiration1707
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > ejaculation
emission1646
spending1856
ejaculation1888
coming1966
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1301 The ejaculation or casting foorth of naturall seed.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. iv. 113 The vessels of ejaculations . View more context for this quotation
1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iv. iii. v. 188 That violent and surprising Ejaculation of the Seeds.
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Bee The Bees..are generated..by the Ejaculation of a little Crystalline Water into the Bottom of the small Cells in the Combs.
1807 Ann. Reg. 823 The ejaculation or darting of the [spider's] threads is doubted.
1865 Reader No. 151. 576/3 Ejaculation of aqueous fluid from leaves.
1888 E. L. Keyes Surg. Dis. Genito-urinary Organs i. xxvi. 442 Ejaculation of semen may be produced by a variety of causes.
1928 D. N. Eisendrath & H. C. Rolnick Text-bk. Urol. xxviii. 441 The term impotence conveys a relative meaning, varying in degree from premature ejaculation (ejaculatio praecox) to total inability to have erection.
1966 R. D. Amelar Infertility in Men ii. 32 The semen is ejaculated in a liquid form and becomes a gel or coagulation, immediately after ejaculation, only to liquefy again within 5 to 20 minutes.
3. transferred and figurative.
a. The emission of rays (by a luminary), of occult or magical influence, etc.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > emission
deliverancea1398
puttinga1398
voidinga1425
effusionc1477
vent?1507
evaporation1555
delivery1588
extramission1613
extromission1615
ejaculation1625
emissiona1626
discharge1653
disclusion1656
voidance1672
emitting1693
spout1771
evolution1783
emanation1822
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) ix. 40 There seemeth to be acknowledged, in the Act of Enuy, an Eiaculation..of the Eye.
a1657 J. Balfour Hist. Wks. (1824) II. 73 The suns eiaculatione of his beames wpone the earthe, more then 6,900,000 myles.
b. The putting up of short earnest prayers in moments of emergency; the hasty utterance of words expressing emotion.
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society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > short > utterance of
ejaculation1641
1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. Bv In her ejaculations of her prayers on the people.
1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. vii. 168 An ejaculation of love is not likely to offend Him.
4. concrete. Also figurative.
a. gen.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > ejection > that which is ejected
eructation1607
ejection1654
vomit1695
ejaculation1708
eventilation1716
ejectamenta1863
ejecta1886
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. xviii. 77 Lightnings, fiery Vapours, and other aerial Ejaculations.
1841–4 R. W. Emerson Poet in Wks. (1906) I. 168 The religions of the world are the ejaculations of a few imaginative men.
b. spec. A short prayer ‘darted up to God’ (Fuller) in an emergency. In wider sense: A short hasty emotional utterance.
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society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > short
ejaculation1624
jaculatory prayer1624
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun]
clepingc975
rouna1225
grede13..
voicec1375
cryc1380
outcrya1382
clepea1400
interjectionc1430
scrightc1440
yoa1475
braya1500
shout?a1513
roupingc1550
acclamation1562
outcry1587
whewing?1590
cry-out1814
redound1825
oh-ing1843
shriekc1853
ejaculation1863
blurt1864
spasmodics1865
yo-yoing1874
ejaculatory1883
yip-yipping1910
yip1911
yipping1951
1624 T. Gokin Hallowed be Thy Name in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1847) 325 Thou takest recreation In..one eiaculation.
a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 237 I found by his ejaculations that they repented of their punctillios.
1684–5 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 382 III. 338 The other Bishops giving their assistance..with very good ejaculations.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 24 He makes the lords and commons fall to a pious, legislative ejaculation . View more context for this quotation
1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 133 The usual chorus of..ejaculations of welcome.
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