vomitory
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin vomitōrium, early 17th c.
Noun
[edit]vomitory (plural vomitories)
- The entrance into a theater or other large public venue, where masses of people are disgorged into the stands; a vomitorium
- Synonym: vomitorium
- 1909, E.M. Forster, “II”, in The Machine Stops:
- This city, as you know, is built deep beneath the surface of the earth, with only the vomitories protruding.
- (pharmacology) A substance that induces vomiting; an emetic
Adjective
[edit]vomitory (comparative more vomitory, superlative most vomitory)
- (medicine, pharmacology) Inducing vomiting; emetic