rejectamenta

re·jec·ta·men·ta

[ri-jek-tuh-men-tuh]
plural noun
things or matter rejected as useless or worthless.

Origin:
1810–20; < Neo-Latin rējectāmenta things thrown back (plural of rējectāmentum), equivalent to Latin rējectā(re) (frequentative of rējicere to reject) + -mentum -ment

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