sternutatory

American  

[ster-noo-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -nyoo-] / stərˈnu təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, -ˈnyu- /

adjective

1. Also sternutative. causing or tending to cause sneezing.

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noun

plural

sternutatories

1. a sternutatory substance.

sternutatory British  

/ -trɪ, stɜːˈnjuːtətərɪ /

adjective

1. causing or having the effect of sneezing

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noun

1. an agent or substance that causes sneezing

Etymology

Origin of sternutatory

1610–20; < Late Latin sternūtātōrius, equivalent to sternūtā ( re ) ( see sternutation) + -tōrius -tory ¹

Example Sentences

Its principal use at present is as a sternutatory.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William

My friend stretched himself on the thick grass, and when his pipe was exhausted went fast asleep, and snored with great precision and power to a mild sternutatory accompaniment by Mr. McGrath and Pete.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 by Various

The French Physiological Classification;—Asphyxiating Substances;— Toxic Substances;—Chemicals or poison gases were either asphyxiating, toxic, lachrymatory, vesicant, or sternutatory.

From The Riddle of the Rhine; chemical strategy in peace and war by Lefebure, Victor

Sneezing or Sternutatory Substances.—The last class, the sternutatory substances, produced the familiar sneezing effect which was accompanied by intense pain and irritation of the nose, throat, and respiratory channels.

From The Riddle of the Rhine; chemical strategy in peace and war by Lefebure, Victor

Pizarro found chewers in Peru, but it was in the country discovered by Cabral that the great sternutatory was originally found.

From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by Billings, E. R.