neeze
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English nesen, from Old English *hnēosan (“to sneeze”), from Proto-West Germanic *hneusan, from Proto-Germanic *hneusaną (“to sneeze”), from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *(s)knus- (“to sneeze”) and Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to gasp, pant, breathe”). See sneeze. Compare Dutch niezen, German niesen, Swedish nysa
Verb
[edit]neeze (third-person singular simple present neezes, present participle neezing, simple past and past participle neezed)
- (intransitive, UK dialectal or archaic) To sneeze.
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