SNEEZING (0. Eng. fneosung, from fneosan, to sneeze, cf. Dutch fniezen, allied to the obsolete neeze, and ultimately to be referred to root seen in Gr. irveiv, to breathe; the initial s is due to association with numerous words, such as snort, snuff, snor

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SNEEZING (0. Eng. fneosung, from fneosan, to sneeze, cf. Dutch fniezen, allied to the obsolete neeze, and ultimately to be referred to root seen in Gr. irveiv, to breathe; the initial s is due to association with numerous words, such as snort, snuff, snor e, &c.), a violent expiration of air from the

nose

NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

and mouth; it is an involuntary reflex

respiratory

RESPIRATORY

act; caused by irritation of the

nerve

NERVE (Lat. nervus, Gr. vevpov, a bowstring)

-endings of the mucous membrane of the

nose

NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

or by stimulation of the optic

nerve

NERVE (Lat. nervus, Gr. vevpov, a bowstring)

by a

bright

BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

light. The irritation may be due to the swelling of the nasal mucous membrane, which occurs in catching cold,

sneezing

SNEEZING (0. Eng. fneosung, from fneosan, to sneeze, cf. Dutch fniezen, allied to the obsolete neeze, and ultimately to be referred to root seen in Gr. irveiv, to breathe; the initial s is due to association with numerous words, such as snort, snuff, snor

being often a premonitory or accompanying symptom, or to foreign bodies in the nose, as by inhalation of snuff or other " errhines " or " sternutatories." A venerable and widespread belief survives in the custom of saying " God bless you " when a person sneezes. The Hindus say " live," to which the answer " with you " is given (E. B. Tylor, Primitive Culture, i. rot). A sneeze was considered a sign or omen from the gods by the Greeks and Romans; it was one of the many common everyday occurrences which if coming at an important moment could he interpreted as presaging the future. There are many allusions to it in classical literature, e.g.

Homer

HOMER,
WINSLOW
- WINSLOW, EDWARD (1595-1655)
(1836-191o)

, Od. xvii. 561,

Plutarch

PLUTARCH
PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

, Themist. 13,

Xenophon

XENOPHON

, Anab. iii. 2 and Catullus, Carm. 45. There are references to itin Rabbinical literature, and it has been found in Otaheite, Florida and the

Tonga

TONGA, or FRIENDLY ISLANDS (so called by Captain Cook)

Islands.

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