dejection
/dəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.15 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Adoration implies submission and dejection, so that while we worship we cast down ourselves; there must be therefore some great eminence in the object worshipped, or else we should dishonor our own nature in the worship of it."
- "Meat remaining in the stomach undigested, dejection of appetite, wind coming upwards, are signs of a phlegmatick constitution."
- "No dejection since his entrance, nor has he passed urine."
- "His dejections were frequent, loose, changing in character from hour to hour, made up of undigested food, of mucus and watery fluid, varying in color, mostly green, and never healthy in consistence, color, or odor."
- "Chorera infantum may begin as an attack of acute indigestion, or, what is more frequently the case, suddenly, with severe vomiting and copious dejections, high fever and rapid prostration."
Etymology
From Old French dejection, from Latin dejectio (“a casting down”). By surface analysis, deject + -ion.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /dəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
- British English: /dɪˈdʒɛkʃən/