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The Learning Kingdom's Cool Word of the Day for September 2, 1999
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sternutation [n. stur-nyuh-TAY-shun]
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Sternutation is the act of sneezing, and a single sneeze can also be
called a sternutation. Example: "One of the most satisfying
experiences one can experience is complete surrender to an enormous
sternutation."
You might think that someone who sneezes is a sternutator, but
actually a sternutator [n. STUR-nyuh-tay-ter] is a substance such as
pepper that causes sternutation. Such a substance can be described
as sternutatory [adj. stur-NYOO-tuh-tor-ee]. Strangely, the
seemingly logical verb sternutate is not listed in any reference we
can find.
All of these words came originally from the Latin sternuere (to
sneeze), through Middle English sternutacioun (sneezing).
Sternutation contains all the vowels a,e,i,o, and u, although they do
not appear in order.
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