unsneezed en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sneezed English unsneezed From un- + sneezed.
Meanings
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(nonce-word, not-comparable) Not sneezed.
Full many a sneeze was left unsneezed
1903, William Wescott Fink, Echoes From Erin: Poems:A sneeze Unsneezed, Welling up
1969, Ken Noyle, Here Today: Zen Inspired Poetry:
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(nonce-word, not-comparable) Not having sneezed.
The awfulest thing was the silence; there wasn't a sound but the screaking of the saddles, the measured tramplings, and the sneezing of the horses, afflicted by the smothering dust-clouds which they kicked up. I wanted to sneeze myself, but it seemed to me that I would rather go unsneezed, or suffer even a bitterer torture, if there is one, than attract attention to myself.
1896, Mark Twain, Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc: