Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neeze

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: neeze
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

British usage; Archaic; Intransitive verb

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: nesen, *hnēosan, *hneusan, *hneusaną, *(s)knus-, *pnew-

Usage

Inflected Forms

neezes (present, singular) neezing (participle, present) neezed (participle, past) neezed (past) neese (alternative)

Derived Forms

neesing

Questions

What does neeze mean?: To sneeze.
Where does neeze come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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