sternutation

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"Was that an echo?" said the Baronet, astonished at the sternutation which resounded from above; "or" -- drawing close to the adept, "can it be the spirit you talked of, ridiculing our attempt upon his hidden treasures?"

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  1. Middle English sternutacioun, from Latin sternūtātiō, sternūtātiōn-, from sternūtātus, past participle of sternūtāre, frequentative of sternuere, to sneeze.

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  1. from Late Latin sternutatio(n-), a sneezing. from Latin sternutare, freq. of sternuere, sneeze.
 

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/stərnjuˈteɪʃən/
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