vomitory
Americanadjective
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inducing vomiting; emetic.
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of or relating to vomiting.
noun
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vomitories
plural
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an emetic.
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an opening through which something is ejected or discharged.
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Also called vomitorium. an opening, as in a stadium or theater, permitting large numbers of people to enter or leave.
adjective
noun
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Also called: vomitive. a vomitory agent
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rare a container for receiving vomitus
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Also called: vomitorium. a passageway in an ancient Roman amphitheatre that connects an outside entrance to a tier of seats
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an opening through which matter is ejected
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Etymology
Origin of vomitory
1595–1605; < Latin vomitōrius, equivalent to vomi-, variant stem of vomere to vomit + -tōrius -tory 1
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From F, as from a great vomitory, it then radiated in all directions bearing along with it the moraines with which it was loaded and spreading them out on all sides over the great plain.
From The Antiquity of Man by Sir Charles Lyell
Suddenly came a frightful roar and a black beast leaped forth from the deep vomitory.
From Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) by Hayward Keniston
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
These probably constituted the audience that occupied the uppermost seats approached by the higher vomitories.
From The Wonders of Pompeii by Marc Monnier
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
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
The crowd poured out of the theatre through the vomitories, and Octavian, disdaining the kindly offices of his friend Holconius, rushed to the nearest door-way.
From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Th?ophile Gautier
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