sneeze, snese

i. [For fnese or fneeze, from A. S. fneosan=to sneeze; Icel. fnasa; Dut. fniezen; Sw. fnysa; Dan. fnyse to snort; sause to sniff.] To emit wind through the nose audibly and violently by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membrane of the nose. "Tele mach us then sneez'd aloud." Pope : Homer's Ody ey, xvii. 624. To sneeze at : To despise; to object to; to show or feel contempt for; to scorn. sneēze, s . [SNEEZE, v.] The act of sneezing; the act of one who sneezes; emi ion of wind audibly and violently through the nose. "As wholesome as a sneeze To man's le universe." Milton: P. R., iv. 458. boil, boy; pout, 10w1; cat, chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; snicker sneēz-er, s. [Eng. sneez(e), v.; -er.] 1. One who sneezes. "When a Hindu sneezes, bystanders say, Live! and the sneezer replies, With you." - Tylor : Prim. Cult ., ch. iii. 2. A violent gust of wind. ( Slang .)