Synonyms for sneezer

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sneez

Phonetic Transcription : sniz

Top 10 synonyms for sneezer

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Définition of sneezer

Origin : late 15c., from Old English fneosan "to snort, sneeze," from Proto-Germanic *fneusanan (cf. Middle Dutch fniesen, Dutch fniezen "to sneeze;" Old Norse fnysa "to snort;" Old Norse hnjosa, Swedish nysa "to sneeze;" Old High German niosan, German niesen "to sneeze"), from Proto-Germanic base *fneu-s- "sneeze," of imitative origin, as is PIE *pneu- "to breathe" (cf. Greek pnein "to breathe").
Other imitative words for it, perhaps in various ways related to each other, include Latin sternuere (cf. Italian starnutare, French éternuer, Spanish estornudar), Breton strevia, Sanskrit ksu-, Lithuanian čiaudeti, Polish kichać, Russian čichat'.
English forms in sn- might be due to a misreading of the uncommon fn- (represented in only eight words in Clark Hall, mostly in words to do with breathing), or from Norse influence. OED suggests Middle English fnese had been reduced to simple nese by early 15c., and sneeze is a "strengthened form" of this, "assisted by its phonetic appropriateness." Related: Sneezed; sneezing. To sneeze at "to regard as of little value" (usually with negative) is attested from 1806.

As in nose : noun smelling organ of animate being

Example sentences :

The south-easter is a sneezer, and a frequent visitor at the Cape in summer.
Extract from : « Six Months at the Cape » by R.M. Ballantyne

You can only make a true "sneezer" when the snow is lying on the ground.
Extract from : « The Letters of Charles Dickens » by Charles Dickens

Down, Sneezer, down, sir; you used to be a dog of some sense; down.
Extract from : « Tom Cringle's Log » by Michael Scott

Sneezer uplifted his voice, and gave a long continuous growl.
Extract from : « Tom Cringle's Log » by Michael Scott

Sneezer, my boy, what have you to say—where have you come from?
Extract from : « Tom Cringle's Log » by Michael Scott

I'll punch the head off en the first sneezer that I ketch tryin' to impose on 'em.
Extract from : « Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) » by John McElroy

No'm, he didn't like it at all, 'cause we-all shortened it to Sneezer.
Extract from : « Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's » by Laura Lee Hope

"Sneezer was a great dancer," admitted the oldest Armatage girl.
Extract from : « Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's » by Laura Lee Hope

She's a sneezer that; but she'll be knocked down for twenty or thirty pound, because she looks as if she was used up.
Extract from : « The Attache » by Thomas Chandler Haliburton

In Greece sneezing was a good omen and was considered a proof of the truth of what was said at the moment by the sneezer.
Extract from : « Tea-Cup Reading, and the Art of Fortune-Telling by Tea Leaves » by 'A Highland Seer'

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