dejectory

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UK/dɪˈdʒɛktəɹi/

adjective

Having power, or tending, to cast down.

OriginLatin dejector →
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Meanings

adjectivedejectory (comparative more dejectory, superlative most dejectory)

comparative more dejectory · superlative most dejectory

  1. Having power, or tending, to cast down.
  2. Promoting evacuations by stool.

    The physician should devote himself to this during several days so that the humor can be easily evacuated by dejectory medications

    1994, Donald Beecher, transl., A Treatise on Lovesickness

Origin

  1. Latindejector“a dejecter”
  2. Englishdejectory

Latin dejector (“a dejecter”).

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APA

dejectory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dejectory

MLA

“dejectory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dejectory. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dejectory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dejectory.

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