sternutative, a. and n. Now rare.
(stɜːˈnjuːtətɪv)
[f. L. sternūtāt-, sternūtāre: see prec. and -ive.]
= sternutatory.
| 1666 W. Boghurst Loimogr. (1894) 83 Use sternutatives, if they [patients] doe not sneeze of themselves. 1786 Pogonologia v. 63 This sternutative powder [snuff]. 1859 Fairholt Tobacco (1876) 78 Such as used it as a sternutative. |
Hence sternutativeness. rare—0.
| 1727 Bailey vol. II, Sternutativeness, aptness to cause Sneezing. |