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nictate

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7 lettersPronunciation /nɪkˈteɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aceinttStarts with NEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. briefly shut the eyes

Word origin

First attested in 1755; borrowed from Latin nictātus, perfect passive participle of nictō (“to wink, blink”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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  • Indignantly interrogated as to whether he himself believed or exercised this abhominable and perabsurd superstition, he very gravely nictated his dexter eyelid. And I nictated mine. And we both laughed.
  • Gently I pressed my quivering sting along her rolling salty eyeball. ‘Goody-goody,’ she said nictating.
  • In the absence of stimulation, C. elegans dauers are lethargic and generally immobile but nictate vigorously when disturbed.

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