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nictation

English

Etymology

From nictate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n??kte???n/

Noun

nictation (countable and uncountable, plural nictations)

  1. An act or instance of winking or blinking; a wink, a blink.

See also

  • nictitation

Anagrams

  • antitonic

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nictitation

English

Etymology

From nictitate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n?kt??te???n/
    Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

nictitation (countable and uncountable, plural nictitations)

  1. Winking, blinking
    • 1962: Vlamidir Nabokov, Pale Fire
      I saw a couple, later identified for me as Mr Colt, a local lawyer, and his wife, whose blundering Cadillac half entered my driveway before retreating in a flurry of luminous nictitation.

Related terms

  • nictitate
  • nictitating membrane

See also

  • nictation

nictitation From the web:

  • what does nictitation
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