sneezle
English edit
Etymology edit
From sneeze + -le (frequentative suffix).
Verb edit
sneezle (third-person singular simple present sneezles, present participle sneezling, simple past and past participle sneezled)
- (intransitive) To sneeze continuously or multiple times.
- 1988, Marie Brenner, House of Dreams: The Bingham Family of Louisville, page 43:
- "Like Christopher Robin, 'I wheezled and sneezled' throughout my childhood," Barry wrote.
- 2015, Jack Cady, The Off Season:
- He sniffed, snuffed, sneezled, snorked, and blinked back tears.
- (transitive) To cause to sneeze.
- 1977, Nancy Dingman Watson, Blueberries Lavender: Songs of the Farmers' Children:
- The dust and the smokiness
Got in my nose
And tickled and sneezled me
Down to my toes […]
Noun edit
sneezle (plural sneezles)
- The act, or the sound of sneezling; sniffle.
- 1947, Alan Alexander Milne, Sneezles: And Other Selections:
- Christopher Robin
Had wheezles
And sneezles,
They bundled him
Into His bed.