sternutation
\ stur-nyuh-TEY-shuhn \ , noun;
1.the act of sneezing.
Quotes:
It was a high-pitched sneeze, a most delicate sternutation , the merest zephyr tangled in a pretty, powdered, finger-tip of a nose.
-- Eric Linklater, "Magnus Merriman ," 1934
Would anyone believe that a simple sternutation could produce such ravages on a quadrupedal organism? It is extremely curious, is it not?
-- Gustave Flaubert, "Madame Bovary ," translated by Eleanor Marx Aveling, 1886
Origin:
Sternutation derives from the Latin verb sternuĕre meaning "to sneeze." It entered English in the mid-1500s.
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