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Definition: SNEEZED |
SNEEZEDImperative & past participle1. Of Sneeze |
Date "SNEEZED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Sneezed It is not to be sneezed at- not to be despised. (See Snuff .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Importance | Adjective: important; of importance; Noun: momentous, material; to the point; not to be overlooked, not to be despised, not to be sneezed at; egregious; weighty; (influential); of note; (repute); notable, prominent, salient, signal; memorable, remarkable; unforgettable; worthy of remark, worthy of notice; never to be forgotten; stirring, eventful. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: SNEEZED |
| English words defined with "SNEEZED": Not to be sneezed at. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "SNEEZED": reliquary. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | No, dear, it was Reverend Harper who sneezed. (Arsenic and Old Lace; writing credit: Ryuzo Kikushima; Akira Kurosawa) Wait a minute your ass just sneezed! And horses can't talk (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) | |
Tongue Twisters | Sinful Caesar sipped his snifter, seized his knees and sneezed. (references; author: unknown) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | La Touche sneezed violently as Popineau raised his hammer. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Henny Youngman | When God sneezed, I didn't know what to say. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RELIQUARY, n. A receptacle for such sacred objects as pieces of the true cross, short-ribs of the saints, the ears of Balaam's ass, the lung of the cock that called Peter to repentance and so forth. Reliquaries are commonly of metal, and provided with a lock to prevent the contents from coming out and performing miracles at unseasonable times. A feather from the wing of the Angel of the Annunciation once escaped during a sermon in Saint Peter's and so tickled the noses of the congregation that they woke and sneezed with great vehemence three times each. It is related in the "Gesta Sanctorum" that a sacristan in the Canterbury cathedral surprised the head of Saint Dennis in the library. Reprimanded by its stern custodian, it explained that it was seeking a body of doctrine. This unseemly levity so raged the diocesan that the offender was publicly anathematized, thrown into the Stour and replaced by another head of Saint Dennis, brought from Rome. |
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| "SNEEZED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "SNEEZED" is used about 36 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 75% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 25% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 36 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "SNEEZED": it is not be sneezed at ♦ not to be sneezed at. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sneezed | 4 |
rebbi sneezed | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "SNEEZED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | "喷嚏 (sneezing). (various references) | |
French | éternuai, éternués, éternuée, éternuâmes, éternua. (various references) | |
German | nieste, geniest, genießt (enjoys, relishes, savors). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nem megvetendő (it's not to be despised, not to be sniffed at, that's not to be sneezed at), érdemes vele foglalkozni (that's not to be sneezed at). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 馬鹿にならない (not to be sneezed at, something not insignificant). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ばかにならない (not to be sneezed at, something not insignificant). (various references) | |
Korean | 재채기하". (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eezedsnay.(various references) | |
Romanian | nu este de dispreţuit (it is not be sneezed at). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Kings Chapter 4, Verse 35 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai epestreyen kai eporeuqh en th oikia enqen kai enqen kai anebh kai sunekamyen epi to paidarion ewV eptakiV kai hnoixen to paidarion touV ofqalmouV autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | At ille reversus deambulavit in domo semel huc et illuc et ascendit et incubuit super eum et oscitavit puer septies aperuitque oculos |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he eft `turnede ayein in the hous oonys hydre and thidre; and he steiyide vp, and laye vpon hym, and the chyld brethed seuen sithes, and opnede the eeyen. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then he came back, and after walking once through the house and back, he went up, stretching himself out on the child seven times; and the child's eyes became open. |
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| Language | 2 Kings Chapter 4, Verse 35 |
| Cebuano | Unya siya mibalik, ug naglakaw lakaw sa makausa paingon dinhi ug ngadto sulod sa balay; ug misaka ug mituy-od sa iyang kaugalingon ibabaw kaniya; ug ang bata mibahaon sa nakapito, ug ang bata mibuka sa iyang mga mata. |
| Chinese | 然 後 他 下 來 、 在 屋 裡 來 往 走 了 一 趟 . 又 上 去 伏 在 孩 子 身 上 . 孩 子 " 了 七 個 噴 嚏 、 就 睜 開 眼 睛 了 。 |
| Croatian | Potom ustade i prošeta se po kuæi tamo-amo, zatim se opet pope i disaše nad njim. A djeèak tada kihnu sedam puta i otvori oèi. |
| Danish | Så steg han ned og gik een Gang frem og tilbage i Huset, og da han atter steg op og bøjede sig over Drengen, nyste denne syv Gange og slog Øjnene op. |
| Dutch | Daarna kwam hij weder, en wandelde in het huis eens herwaarts, en eens derwaarts, en klom weder op, en breidde zich over hem uit; en de jongen niesde tot zevenmaal toe; daarna deed de jongen zijn ogen open. |
| Finnish | Sitten hän kulki huoneessa kerran edestakaisin ja nousi ja kumartui hänen ylitsensä. Silloin poika aivasti seitsemän kertaa, ja senjälkeen poika avasi silmänsä. |
| French | Élisée s`éloigna, alla ç et l par la maison, puis remonta et s`étendit sur l`enfant. Et l`enfant éternua sept fois, et il ouvrit les yeux. |
| German | Er aber stand wieder auf und ging im Haus einmal hierher und daher und stieg hinauf und breitete sich über ihn. Da schnaubte der Knabe siebenmal; darnach tat der Knabe seine Augen auf. |
| Hungarian | Azután felállott, és egyszer alá és fel járt a házban, majd újra felment és reáborult. Akkor a gyermek prüsszente vagy hétszer, és felnyitá szemeit a gyermek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Elisa bangun dan berjalan mundar-mandir di dalam kamar itu, kemudian menelungkup lagi di atas tubuh anak itu. Akhirnya anak itu bersin tujuh kali, dan membuka matanya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Setelah itu maka pergilah ia, lalu berjalan dalam rumah sekali pergi datang, kemudian naiklah ia pula, dibentangkannya dirinya di atasnya, maka budak itupun bersinlah sampai tujuh kali, lalu dibukakannya matanya. |
| Maori | Katahi ia ka hoki iho, ka haere a roto i te whare, Kotahi kopikotanga; a ka piki ki runga, ka wharoro ki runga ki a ia: na kua tihe te tamaiti, e whitu nga tihetanga, kua titiro nga kanohi o te tamaiti. |
| Norwegian | Så stod han op igjen og gikk en gang frem og tilbake i kammeret; derefter steg han atter op og bøide sig over gutten; da nøs gutten syv ganger og slo øinene op. |
| Portuguese | Depois desceu, andou pela casa duma parte para outra, tornou a subir, e se encurvou sobre ele; então o menino espirrou sete vezes, e abriu os olhos. |
| Rumanian | Elisei a plecat, a mers kncoace wi kncolo prin casq, apoi s`a suit iarqw wi s`a kntins peste copil. Wi copilul a strqnutat de wapte ori, wi a deschis ochii. |
| Swedish | Därefter gick han åter fram och tillbaka i rummet och steg så åter upp i sängen och lutade sig ned över honom. Då nös gossen, ända till sju gånger. Och därpå slog gossen upp ögonen. |
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Misspellings | |
"SNEEZED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Nekzad, Sheezdi, sneeked, sneez, sneezy, steeze. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SNEEZED" (pronounced snē"zd) |
| 3 | -ē" z d | appeased, breezed, diseased, displeased, eased, pleased, seized, squeezed, teased. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-n-s-z" | |
-1 letter: sneeze. | |
-2 letters: denes, dense, needs. | |
-3 letters: dees, dene, dens, ends, need, seed, seen, send, sene, sned, zeds, zees. | |
-4 letters: dee, den, eds, end, ens, nee, see, sen, zed, zee. | |
-5 letters: de, ed, en, es, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-n-s-z" | |
+3 letters: slenderize, sneezeweed, tenderizes. | |
+4 letters: dazednesses, defeminizes, demonetizes, desensitize, endoenzymes, slenderized, slenderizes, sneezeweeds, tenderizers, westernized. | |
+5 letters: anesthetized, bedizenments, demagnetizes, desensitized, desensitizer, desensitizes, rendezvoused, rendezvouses, resensitized, skeletonized. | |
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