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Webster 1913 Edition
Vomitory
Vom′i-to-ry
,Adj.
[L.
vomitorious
.] Causing vomiting; emetic; vomitive.
Vom′i-to-ry
,Noun.
pl.
Vomitories
. 1.
An emetic; a vomit.
Harvey.
2.
[L.
vomitorium
.] (Arch.)
A principal door of a large ancient building, as of an amphitheater.
Sixty-four
vomitories
. . . poured forth the immense multitude. Gibbon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vomitory
VOM'ITORY
,Adj.
VOM'ITORY
,Noun.
1.
An emetic.2.
A door.Definition 2024
vomitory
vomitory
English
Noun
vomitory (plural vomitories)
- The entrance into a theater or other large public venue, where masses of people are disgorged into the stands; a 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.
-
- (medicine) A substance that induces vomiting; an emetic
Synonyms
- (entrance): vomitorium
- (substance that induces vomiting): emetic, vomitive
Adjective
vomitory (comparative more vomitory, superlative most vomitory)