First Known Use: 1657
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emetic
noun emet·ic \i-ˈme-tik\
Definition of EMETIC
: an agent that induces vomiting
— emetic adjective
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Origin of EMETIC
Latin emetica, from Greek emetikē, from feminine of emetikos causing vomiting, from emein to vomit — more at vomit
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Rhymes with EMETIC
aesthetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cometic, cosmetic, eidetic, frenetic, gametic, genetic, hermetic, limnetic, magnetic, mimetic, noetic, Ossetic, paretic, pathetic, phenetic, phonetic, phyletic, poetic, prophetic, prosthetic, pyretic, splenetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, tonetic, Venetic
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