Front | sternutation \ster-nyuh-TAY-shun\ |
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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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