sternutatory
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of sternutatory
1610–20; < Late Latin sternūtātōrius, equivalent to sternūtā ( re ) ( see sternutation) + -tōrius -tory 1
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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.
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
Errhine, er′in, adj. affecting the nose.—n. a sternutatory.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Its principal use at present is as a sternutatory.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William
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.
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