NUTATION

PRONUNCIATION: (noo/nyoo-TAY-shuhn)

MEANING: noun:
1. The nodding of the head, especially when involuntary.
2. The oscillation of the axis of a rotating object, such as a planet or a gyroscope.
3. The curving movement of a part in a growing plant.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin nutare (to nod repeatedly), frequentative of -nuere (to nod), from numen (nod of the head, command, divine will). Earliest documented use: 1612.
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PUTATION - (sing. of DISPUTATION) an argument with only one participant

NUNATION - dedicated to the proposition that all are created equal

NUT ACTION - what the screwball did