n.
Pronunciation: ' vä-m ə t
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French vomite, from Latin vomitus, from vomere to vomit; akin to Old Norse v ā ma seasickness, Greek emein to vomit
Date: 14th century
1 : an act or instance of disgorging the contents of the stomach through the mouth also : the disgorged matter
2 : EMETIC