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单词 emetic
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emeticadj.n.

/ɪˈmɛtɪk/
Forms: Also 1600s–1700s emetick, (1600s hemettick).
Etymology: < Greek ἐμετικός provoking vomiting, < ἐμεῖν to vomit.
A. adj.
Having power to produce vomiting. Also figurative sickening, mawkish.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [adjective] > emetic
vomitive1580
emetic1670
nauseant1854
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [adjective] > relating to vomiting > causing vomiting
vomiting1575
vomitory1634
emetic1670
emetical1670
anacathartic1696
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adjective]
sugary1591
maudlina1631
mawkish1702
sickly1766
emetic1770
mawky1773
pamby1820
sentimental1823
saccharine1841
sticky1841
mushy1848
sentimentalizing1856
Christmas card1860
maumish1866
slobbery1875
namby-pamby1883
sloppy1883
slushy1889
sentimentalistic1904
marshmallowy1907
hearts and flowers1911
slobby1913
soppy1918
meltyc1921
lavender1928
saccharescent1930
schmaltzya1934
sloshy1933
gooey1935
icky1938
cheesy1943
drippy1952
soupy1953
squishy1953
saccharined1962
gloopy1965
yechy1969
yucky1970
sucky1971
yuck1971
schmoozy1976
1670 W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 47 Why these should not be Emetick.
1770 R. Baker Remarks Eng. Lang. (1779) 8 Richardson..in his emetic history of Pamela.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 460 The waters when drank, operate..as emetic.
1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 74 It possesses emetic qualities.
B. n.
A medicine that excites vomiting.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > emetic
vomita1400
vomitory1601
vomitive1611
vomiter1634
nauseate1651
emetic1658
puker1714
puke1729
pick1824
nauseant1825
1658 G. Starkey Natures Explic. 194 Vomitories..they likewise call by a Greek name, Emeticks.
1788 Ld. Auckland Diary in Corr. (1861) II. 94 To take an emetic together.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II xxi. 129 The sea acted as a strong emetic.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 426 Emetics are..employed..for the purpose of producing..vomiting.
in extended use.1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII xii. 117 Three hundred cannon threw up their emetic.

Compounds

emetic cup n. = emetic goblet n. emetic goblet n. (cf. antimonial adj. 1). emetic root n. Euphorbia corollata. emetic tartar n. (now usually tartar-emetic) [modern Latin tartarus emeticus] potassio-antimonious tartrate, C4H4(NH4)(SbO)O6·½H2O. emetic weed n. Lobelia inflata. emetic wine n. = antimonial wine n. at antimonial adj. and n. Compounds.
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1789 A. Crawford in Med. Communications 2 305 A quarter of a grain of emetic tartar.
1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 108 Emetic Tartar..ought to be employed pure.
1877 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 685 A compound of tartar-emetic and cream of tartar.
1679 tr. M. Mancini Apol. 14 The Hemettick Wine..quickly brought her to her Grave.
1720 London Gaz. No. 5884/1 Emetick Wine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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