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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vomitory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vom-i-to-ry
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

A substance that induces vomiting; an emetic

adj

Inducing vomiting; emetic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin vomitōrium, early 17th c.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

vomitories (plural) more vomitory (comparative) most vomitory (superlative)

Synonyms

vomitorium emetic vomitive

Questions

What does vomitory mean?
The entrance into a theater or other large public venue, where masses of people are disgorged into the stands; a vomitorium
Where does vomitory come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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