un-vomited
ɪt verb (used without object)
1.
to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; regurgitate; throw up.
2.
to belch or spew with force or violence.
verb (used with object)
3.
to eject from the stomach through the mouth; spew.
4.
to cast out or eject as if in vomiting; send out forcefully or violently: The volcano vomited flames and molten rock.
5.
to cause (a person) to vomit.
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Un-vomited
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
noun
6.
the act of vomiting.
7.
the matter ejected in vomiting.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English vomiten < Latin vomitāre, frequentative of vomere to discharge, vomit; akin to Greek emeîn (see emetic)
1375–1425; late Middle English vomiten < Latin vomitāre, frequentative of vomere to discharge, vomit; akin to Greek emeîn (see emetic)
Related forms
vom·it·er, noun
vom·i·tive, adjective
vom·i·tous·ly, adverb
un·vom·it·ed, adjective
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vomit (ˈvɒmɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -its, -iting, -ited | |
| 1. | to eject (the contents of the stomach) through the mouth as the result of involuntary muscular spasms of the stomach and oesophagus |
| 2. | to eject or be ejected forcefully; spew forth |
| —n | |
| 3. | the matter ejected in vomiting |
| 4. | the act of vomiting |
| 5. | a drug or agent that induces vomiting; emetic |
| [C14: from Latin vomitāre to vomit repeatedly, from vomere to vomit] | |
| 'vomiter | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
vomit
late 14c., "act of expelling contents of the stomach through the mouth," from L. vomitare "to vomit often," frequentative of vomere "spew forth, discharge," from PIE base *wem- "to spit, vomit" (cf. Gk. emein "to vomit," emetikos "provoking sickness;" Skt. vamati "he vomits;" Avestan vam- "to spit;"
Lith. vemiu "to vomit," O.N. væma "seasickness"). In ref. to the matter so ejected, it is attested from c.1390. The verb is recorded from 1422.
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Medical Dictionary
vomit vom·it (vŏm'ĭt)
v. vom·it·ed, vom·it·ing, vom·its
To eject part or all of the stomach contents through the mouth, usually in a series of involuntary spasmic movements. n.
The act or an instance of ejecting matter from the stomach through the mouth.
Matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth.
An emetic.
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Science Dictionary
vomit  (vŏm'ĭt) Pronunciation Key
Matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth, usually as a result of involuntary muscle contractions. |
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