Vomitory
adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The entrance into a theater or other large public venue, where masses of people are disgorged into the stands; a vomitorium
"This city, as you know, is built deep beneath the surface of the earth, with only the vomitories protruding."
- 2 an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium wordnet
- 3 A substance that induces vomiting; an emetic
Adjective
- 1 Inducing vomiting; emetic
Example
More examples"This city, as you know, is built deep beneath the surface of the earth, with only the vomitories protruding."
Etymology
From Latin vomitÅrium, early 17th c.