A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1580-1592
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Vomitive, Womative, adj. and n. [17th c. Eng. vomitive (1611), F. vomitif.] a. adj. Causing vomiting, emetic. b. noun. A disease characterised by vomiting. —a. 1580 Skeyne Descr. Well Sig. A 2b.
It [sc. the water] is of medicinall qualitie … quhilk … is laxatiue to sindrie … To vtheris it is womatiue 1580 Skeyne Descr. Well Sig. A 3b.
Ȝit in respect it is discussiue, laxatiue, remollitiue and vomitiue [etc.] —b. 1592 Sc. Hist. Rev. XXXI 97.
Provoking to continuall vomitives and the lyke dangerous deseasis
