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 ) ( sternutation ) + -tōrius -tory ¹

Example Sentences

If the running ceases, its return must be excited by injecting in the nostrils a spoonful of sternutatory vinegar or smelling salts.

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Its effects as a sternutatory, i. e. as exciting to sneeze, are known to all.

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

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From his theory of the action of the air through the nose on the contents of the ventricles of the brain is explained his use of sternutatories, and his belief in the efficacy of sneezing.

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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.

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