First Known Use: 1730
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vomitory
noun vom·i·to·ry \ˈvä-mə-ˌtȯr-ē\
plural vom·i·to·ries
Definition of VOMITORY
: an entrance piercing the banks of seats of a theater, amphitheater, or stadium
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Origin of VOMITORY
Late Latin vomitorium, from Latin vomere; from its disgorging the spectators
Rhymes with VOMITORY
a priori, allegory, amatory, auditory, bedtime story, cacciatore, castratory, category, con amore, cover story, crematory, damnatory, decretory, dilatory, dormitory, excretory, expletory, feudatory, fumitory, Göteborg, gustatory, gyratory, horror story, hortatory, hunky-dory, inventory, laudatory, lavatory, mandatory, migratory, minatory, monitory, Montessori, morning glory, nugatory, offertory, oratory, overstory, piscatory, precatory, predatory, prefatory, probatory, promissory, promontory, purgatory, repertory, Ruwenzori, signatory, statutory, sudatory, territory, transitory, understory, vibratory, yakitori
Medical Dictionary
vomitory
adjective vom·i·to·ry \ˈväm-ə-ˌtōr-ē, -ˌtȯr-\
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