vomit

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun the matter ejected in vomiting
  2. noun a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
  3. noun the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Etymology

From Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitāre (“vomit repeatedly”), frequentative form of vomō (“be sick, vomit”), from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Old Norse váma (“nausea, malaise”), Old English wemman (“to defile”). More at wem.

In classic literature

Synonyms

vomitus, puke, barf

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