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atishoo

British

/ əˈtɪʃuː /

interjection

a representation of the sound of a sneeze

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Etymology

Origin of atishoo

C19: of imitative origin

Example Sentences

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"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!

From Time Magazine Archive

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