英単語

dejectの意味・使い方・発音

deject

英 [dɪ'dʒekt] 美
  • vt.落胆させる;落胆させる
  • adj.落ち込む;落胆する

英語の語源


deject (v.)
early 15c., "to throw or cast down," from Old French dejeter (12c.), from Latin deiectus "a throwing down, felling, fall," past participle of deicere "to cast down, destroy; drive out; kill, slay, defeat," from de- "down" + -icere, comb. form of iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Originally literal; the sense of "depress in spirit" is c. 1500.

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