winketh

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

wink +‎ -eth

Verb[edit]

winketh

  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of wink
    • 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan:
      They fly and fly 'neath the lilac sky —
      The frivolous cake, and the knife
      Who winketh his glamorous indigo eye
      In the wake of his future wife.