rejectamenta

rejectamenta
/ri jek'teuh men"teuh/, n.pl.
things or matter rejected as useless or worthless.
[1810-20; < NL rejectamenta things thrown back (pl. of REJECTAMENTUM), equiv. to L rejecta(re) (freq. of rejicere to REJECT) + -mentum -MENT]

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