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Definition of "vomitory" []

  • Inducing vomiting; vomitive. (adjective)
  • Something that induces vomiting. (noun)
  • An aperture through which matter is discharged. (noun)
  • One of the tunnellike passages of an amphitheater or stadium between the seats and the outside wall or passageway. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "vomitory" in a sentence
  • "Human beings add to the mud bath after drinking sprees that render the world a giant vomitory; horses in a Victorian street emit "a steaming heap of straw-woven horseshit"."
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  • "Yes, I believe that humor is an anti-vomitory medication for political digestion."