a. [f. prec. + -AL.] = EMETIC a. lit. and fig.

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1669.  Phil. Trans., IV. 1131. A greater proportion of Salt … would make it … Emetical.

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1825.  Ld. Cockburn, Mem., i. (1874), 34. The emetical nature of the stuff that was swallowed.

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1842.  Blackw. Mag., LI. 22. It is nauseous and emetical to be told that our fellow-countrymen starve outside our gates.

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