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sneeze

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EtymologyEdit

From Middle English snesen (“to sneeze”), alteration of earlier fnesen (“to sneeze”), from Old English fnēosan (“to snort, sneeze”), from Proto-Germanic *fneusaną (“to sneeze, snort”), from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe, sneeze”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch fniezen (“to sneeze”), Old Norse fnýsa (“to snort”); Middle English neosen (“to sneeze”), from Old Norse hnjósa (“to sneeze”), Old High German niosan (“to sneeze”).

The infrequency of the fn combination, coupled with the visual similarity of an f and ſ (long s), assisted in ultimately turning fneeze into ſneeze (sneeze) (compare snore, from Middle English fnore).

PronunciationEdit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /sniːz/
  • (US) IPA(key): /sniz/
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  • Rhymes: -iːz

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sneeze (third-person singular simple present sneezes, present participle sneezing, simple past and past participle sneezed)

  1. (intransitive) To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.
  2. (intransitive) To expel air as if the nose were irritated.

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sneeze (plural sneezes)

  1. An act of sneezing.

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