Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sneeze
Sneeze
sneeze
n. & v. --n. 1 a sudden involuntary expulsion of air from the nose and mouth caused by irritation of the nostrils. 2 the sound of this. --v.intr. make a sneeze. Phrases and idioms not to be sneezed at colloq. not contemptible; considerable; notable. Derivatives sneezer n. sneezy adj. Etymology: ME snese, app. alt. of obs. fnese f. OE -fnesan, ON fn|sa & replacing earlier and less expressive nese
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I. intransitive verb (~d; sneezing) Etymology: Middle English snesen, alteration of fnesen, from Old English fnēosan; akin to Middle High German pfnūsen to snort, ~, Greek pnein to breathe Date: 14th century to make a sudden violent spasmodic audible expiration of breath through the nose and mouth especially as a reflex act, ~r noun II. noun Date: 1646 an act or instance of sneezing ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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