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Sneeze
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membrane of the nose. Not to be sneezed at, not to be despised or contemned; not to be treated lightly. [Colloq.] "He had to do with old women who were not to be sneezed at." Prof. Wilson.