vomitorium
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of vomitorium
First recorded in 1745–55, vomitorium is from the Late Latin word vomitōrium
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But that perception began to change with this 1986 hit, an adaptation of King’s novella “The Body,” in which the most terrifying moment is a pie-eating contest that turns into a comical vomitorium.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
When you make the most infamous movie ever to come out of a genre sometimes called the cannibal vomitorium, you’ve achieved true cinematic notoriety.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2023
The irony gods escaped to the vomitorium some time ago.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 4, 2019
For what I think we require, as a society, is some sort of collective vomitorium.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2012
The moment our noble Roman had eaten his fill he'd pick up the feather next to his plate and, excusing himself, adjourn to the adjoining vomitorium.
From The Great Potlatch Riots by Lang, Allen Kim
These were so capacious that the whole multitude could in a few minutes disperse, and were thence called vomitoria.
From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by Withrow, William Henry
The delicacy of our tastes would not permit the vomitoria of the Romans to remain.
From The Physiology of Taste by Robinson, Fayette
As the moment drew near for opening the vomitoria, or passages which led to the interior, people grew animated and joyous; they discussed and disputed about various things touching the spectacle.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah
At once the vomitoria were thrown open, and all who could hastened to the portico outside where the restaurateurs had their quarters.
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Wallace, Lewis
The huge elliptical structure stood out in the plain, alone and solid except for the low, heavy arch of the vomitoria which broke the round of masonry.
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth
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