‖ rejectamenta
(rɪdʒɛktəˈmɛntə)
[mod.L., pl. of rejectamentum: see reject v. and -ment.]
1. Things rejected as useless or worthless; refuse.
| 1816 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxvi. (1818) II. 437 A scavenger, whose business it is to sweep the streets and convey the rejectamenta to one grand repository. 1849 D. J. Browne Amer. Poultry Yd. (1855) 201 The rejectamenta of the kitchen..are..accepted with eagerness. 1877 W. H. Dall Tribes N.W. 45 Bones, shells, and all varieties of rejectamenta having been deposited here for centuries. |
2. Wrack or rubbish cast up by the sea.
| 1819 G. Samouelle Entomol. Compend. 101 [He] found it..amongst rejectamenta of the sea. 1856 Zoologist XIV. 5309 It had been taken beneath marine rejectamenta at Exmouth. 1866 Tate Brit. Mollusks iv. 155 Pupa badia is common among the rejectamenta of our tidal rivers. |
3. Phys. Excremental matter.
| 1879 Packard Zool. ii. (1881) 43 There being many pores or mouths, and but a single outlet for the rejectamenta. |