different between ejaculatory vs ejaculate

English

Etymology

ejaculate +? -ory

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?d?æ.kj?.l?.?t??.i/

Adjective

ejaculatory (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to ejaculation.
   • 1985, Eugene S. Gollin, The Comparative Development of Adaptive Skills

     No differences were found in the mounting behavior of anogenitally stimulated females and their controls, and none of the females showed the ejaculatory response.

2. Of speech, exclamatory.
   • 1909, The Playgoer and Society Illustrated (volumes 1-2, page 143)

     By one token in particular you may tell every member of the tribe. It is the token of the ejaculatory comment.

Derived terms

• pre-ejaculatory

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?iacul?tus, perfect passive participle of ?iaculor (“hurl, shoot out”), from ? (“out”) + iaculor (“throw, dart”), from iaculum (“a missile, a dart”), from iaci? (“to throw, to hurl”).

Pronunciation

Verb

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??d?æk.j?.le?t/
• (General American) enPR: ?j??ky?l?t, IPA^(key): /??d?æk.j?.le?t/

Noun

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??d?æk.j?.l?t/
• (General American) enPR: ?j??ky?l?t, IPA^(key): /??d?æk.j?.l?t/

Hyphenation

• Hyphenation: eja?cu?late

Verb

ejaculate (third-person singular simple present ejaculates, present participle ejaculating, simple past and past participle ejaculated)

1. (transitive) To eject abruptly; to throw out suddenly and swiftly.

   Synonyms: eject, throw out

   • 1712, Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem. Demonstrating the Existence and Providence of a God. In Seven Books, book I, London: Printed for S. Buckley, at the Dolphin in Little-Britain; and J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's Head over-against Catherine-Street in the Strand, OCLC 731619916; 5th edition, Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, for G. Risk, G. Ewing, and W. Smith, in Dame's-street, 1727, OCLC 728300884, page 7:

     The mighty Magnet from the Center darts / This ?trong, tho' ?ubtile Force, thro' all the Parts: / Its active Rays ejaculated thence, / Irradiate all the wide Circumference.

2. (intransitive) To say abruptly.

   Synonym: blurt out
3. (biology, transitive) To eject or suddenly throw fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure.
4. (specifically, transitive and intransitive) Of a human being or other mammal: to forcibly eject from the urethra in response to sexual stimulation, in a male, semen; and, in a female, vaginal fluid.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ejaculate

Related terms

• ejaculation
• ejaculator
• ejaculatory
• eject
• ejection

Translations

Noun

ejaculate (countable and uncountable, plural ejaculates)

1. Fluid or some other substance ejected or suddenly thrown from a duct or other body structure; specifically, semen or vaginal fluid ejected by a human being or other mammal during an ejaculation.

Translations

See also

• shot spot

Further reading

• ejaculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ejaculate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.