Ejecta (noun)
ee-jek-ta
Matter ejected from a volcano.
Ejecta is a form of Latin ējectus, “thrown out.” Ējectus is ultimately derived from the verb jacere “to throw,” which is the source of numerous English words containing the element ject-, including adjective (literally “thrown toward”), rejection (“thrown back”), subject (“thrown under”), and the Word of the Day disjecta membra. Ejecta was first recorded in English in the late 1880s.
Example sentences
“The ejecta spewed from the roaring volcano.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
