Definition of Dejecteon
De*jec"tion (?), n. [L. dejectio
a casting down: cf. F. déjection.] 1.
A casting down; depression. [Obs. or Archaic]
Hallywell.
2. The act of humbling or abasing one's
self.
Adoration implies submission and
dejection. Bp. Pearson.
3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or
misfortune; mental depression; melancholy.
What besides,
Of sorrow, and dejection, and despair,
Our frailty can sustain, thy tidings bring.
Milton.
4. A low condition; weakness;
inability. [R.]
A dejection of appetite.
Arbuthnot.
5. (Physiol.) (a) The
discharge of excrement. (b) Fæces;
excrement. Ray.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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