Do readers think of the word "ejaculate" beyond its common sexual meaning? [closed]

Solution 1:

Stephen Fry on QI (TV show):

Watson ‘ejaculates’ twice as often as Sherlock Holmes in Conan Doyle’s stories. There are 23 ejaculations in total, with 11 belonging to Watson. On one occasion, Holmes refers to Watson’s ‘ejaculations of wonder’ being invaluable; on another, Watson ejaculates ‘from his very heart’ in the direction of his fiancee. Holmes is only responsible for six ejaculations, although it is not clear which of the two men ejaculate in the passage below: ‘So he sat as I dropped off to sleep, and so he sat when a sudden ejaculation caused me to wake up, and I found the summer sun shining into the apartment. The pipe was still between his lips...’ A chap called Phelps ejaculated three times during the story of ‘The Naval Treaty.’ The only other ejaculator is Mrs. St. Clair’s husband, who ejaculates at her from a second-floor window in the story ‘The Man with the Twisted Lip’.

You really can't use the word these days without causing confusion so better to use an alternative.

Solution 2:

An ejaculation in the non-sexual sense is basically an exclamation. In the right context, such as calling out in pain or surprise, this connotation might be clear, but it doesn't seem quite right even by this definition in relation to prayer.

A Google books search for "ejaculate" and its conjugated forms shows an overwhelming number of hits for its use in the sexual sense.

Unless the poet actually means exclamation AND is going for a double meaning, I think the word is best avoided.