Vomitory

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vomitory \Vom"i*to*ry\, a. [L. vomitorious.]
     Causing vomiting; emetic; vomitive.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Vomitory \Vom"i*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Vomitories}.
     1. An emetic; a vomit. --Harvey.
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     2. [L. vomitorium.] (Arch.) A principal door of a large
        ancient building, as of an amphitheater.
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              Sixty-four vomitories . . . poured forth the immense
              multitude.                            --Gibbon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vomitory
       n : an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "vomitory":
     avenue, blowhole, channel, chute, debouch, door, egress,
     ejaculative, ejective, emetic, emunctory, eructative, escape,
     estuary, exhaust, exit, expulsive, extrusive, flatulent, floodgate,
     flume, loophole, opening, out, outcome, outfall, outgate, outgo,
     outlet, pore, port, sally port, sluice, spiracle, spout, tap, vent,
     ventage, venthole, vomitive, way out, weir