vomitory

vomitory
1. noun
a) The entrance into a theater or other large public venue, where masses of people are disgorged into the stands; a vomitorium
b) A substance that induces vomiting; an emetic
Inducing vomiting; emetic

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  • vomitory — [väm′ə tôr΄ē] adj. [L vomitorius] Archaic vomitive; emetic n. pl. vomitories 1. former term for EMETIC 2. any opening, funnel, etc. through which matter is to be discharged 3. [LL vomitorium: the spectators were discharged through these] in …   English World dictionary

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  • vomitory — noun (plural ries) Etymology: Late Latin vomitorium, from Latin vomere; from its disgorging the spectators Date: 1730 an entrance piercing the banks of seats of a theater, amphitheater, or stadium …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • vomitory — /vom i tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj., n., pl. vomitories. adj. 1. inducing vomiting; emetic. 2. of or pertaining to vomiting. n. 3. an emetic. 4. an opening through which something is ejected or discharged. 5. Also called vomitorium. an opening, as in… …   Universalium

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