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Added 9 October 2026

vomit

/ˈvɒmɪt/ verb

In Latin: vomō, vomitō Wiktionary

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To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.
To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.
She snapped and started vomiting curses at us.

noun

The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.
The act of regurgitating.
The act of vomiting.

Origin

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.

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