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atishoo

/ əˈtɪʃuː /

interjection

  1. a representation of the sound of a sneeze
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of atishoo1

C19: of imitative origin
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Example Sentences

"I'm sorry I'm not in the office today as planned. I seem to have picked up one of those 48 hour bugs. Atishoo."

From BBC

Pilgrims honor villagers who gave their lives to save others Gerald Phizackerley, an Anglican archdeacon, stood last week near a rocky outcrop, surrounded by the heathclad hills and moors of the English Midlands, reciting a nursery rhyme: Ring-a-ring of roses, A pocketful of posies, Atishoo!

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