Pronounced: DEE-d(uh)l, adj (the ‘uh’ is very lightly pronounced; almost non-existent)
Notes: I didn’t know this word
Yesterday’s word
The word emesis means “the act of process of vomiting”
First usage
This word came into English in the late 1800s
Background / Comments
The word comes from the Greek word emein (to vomit). As I noted yesterday, there are many slang words for emesis.
Richard's Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day 