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Feb. 11, 2015
Word of the Day

sternutation Audio Pronunciation
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\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
Origin
Sternutation derives from the Latin verb sternuĕre meaning "to sneeze." It entered English in the mid-1500s.
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