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单词 rejectaneous
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rejectaneousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin rēiectānea , rēiectāneus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin rēiectānea things which, while not absolutely bad, fall beneath the level of indifference (coined by Cicero to render ancient Greek ἀποπροηγμένα as used in Stoic philosophy; use as noun of neuter plural of rēiectāneus < rēiect- , past participial stem of rēicere reject v. + -āneus : see -aneous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier rejectitious adj. and rejectable adj.
Obsolete.
Deserving rejection, rejectable.
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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [adjective] > rejecting > deserving rejection
refusablec1454
rejectitious1615
rejectaneous1627
disacceptable1653
rejectible1702
1627 T. Vicars Romphaiopheros 19 God will haue his glory upon them..in their confusion, if they be rejectaneous and castawaies.
1657 A. Farindon XXX. Serm. Pref. 22 Others are more forced, and therefore Rejectaneous and unprofitable.
1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV 93 A reprobate, spurious, drossie, vain, adulterine, rejectaneous mind.
1734 G. Berkeley Analyst §28 Supposing the rejectaneous algebraical quantity to be an infinitely small or evanescent quantity.
1847 G. Everest Acct. Meridional Arc India Introd. p. c The practical difficulties are such as to render not only the entire elimination of errors, but even their reduction to the rejectaneous state a hopeless expectation.
1882 Proc. Royal Soc. London 34 51 The presence of these letters by no means implies that the results are vitiated and rejectaneous from visible causes, but that merely invisible interpositions may possibly have prevailed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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