vomitory
adjective
inducing vomiting; emetic.
vomitories
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pluralof vomitory.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the morning the workers pass by rapid transit to large "vomitories" or stations whence they are whisked by subways to the basements of their respective skyscrapers.
From Time Magazine Archive
"No one," he adds, "can now justly quibble at a deficiency of matrimonial vomitories."
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Havelock Ellis
The vomitories are of the most perfect design for utility, and still remain in complete preservation, all vaulted over with admirable workmanship.
From Byeways in Palestine by James Finn
Here she made her way to a door that opened on the common and public vomitories of the structure.
From The Bravo by James Fenimore Cooper
We discovered a large theatre with its proscenium, seats, corridors, vomitories, etc., and we were enabled, having two lighted torches with us, to read the inscriptions.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Major W. E Frye
