nictate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 2 Latin 2.1 Participle

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin nictō (“‘wink’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɪk'teɪt/

[edit] Verb

to nictate (third-person singular simple present nictates, present participle nictating, simple past and past participle nictated)

1. to wink or blink

   • 1955: Gently I pressed my quivering sting along her rolling salty eyeball. ‘Goody-goody,’ she said nictating. — Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

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[edit] Participle

nictāte

1. vocative masculine singular of nictātus