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Word: Nictate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 18th century: from Latin nictat- ‘blinked’, from the verb nictare ‘to blink’. The variant nictitate is from the medieval Latin frequentative of nictare
Definition:
blink
Short Definition:blink
Examples:- the lid of her left eye began to nictate
Variant Forms:
- nictitate
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