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Sternutation Ster Nyuh Tay Shun Noun Act Fact Noise Sneezing Latin

Front sternutation \ster-nyuh-TAY-shun\
Back noun
The act, fact, or noise of sneezing.

[From Latin sternuere (to sneeze).]

"And all three forget their sectional differences in a delightful concert of sternutation. No business is too grave; no speaker too elegant to be sneezed at." - Marjorie Hunter; The Days of Snuff and Such; The New York Times; Dec 4, 1985.

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