nictitating
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the past participle stem of Latin nictitō, frequentative form of nictō (“I wink”) (see English nictate).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
nictitating (comparative more nictitating, superlative most nictitating)
- winking, blinking
- 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 406:
- But she gave me only a dry look. A blink crossed the table. It even seemed to come from the bottom of her eye upward, like a nictitating membrane.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
winking, blinking
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Verb[edit]
nictitating
- present participle and gerund of nictitate