vomitory

English

Etymology

From Latin vomitōrium, early 17th c.

Noun

vomitory (plural vomitories)

1. The entrance into a theater or other large public venue, where masses of people are disgorged into the stands; a vomitorium

   Synonym: 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.

2. (pharmacology) A substance that induces vomiting; an emetic

   Synonyms: emetic, vomitive

Adjective

vomitory (comparative more vomitory, superlative most vomitory)

1. (medicine, pharmacology) Inducing vomiting; emetic

Synonyms

• vomitive