Meaning

1 senses

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal)To sneeze.

Origin

From Middle English nesen, from Old English *hnēosan (“to sneeze”), from Proto-West German

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

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Forms

neezes, neezing, neezed, neezed
Base formneeze · to neeze
3rd person singularneezes
Present participleneezing
Past simpleneezed
Past participleneezed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyneeze
he, she, itneezes

Past simpleLesson

all personsneezed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave neezed
he, she, ithas neezed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill neeze

Word family

1 related words
Derivedneesing

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
needlessB2needlesslyneedsneedyB2nefariousnegationnegativeA2

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