NICTITATE

PRONUNCIATION: (NIK-ti-tayt)

MEANING: verb intr.: To wink or blink.

ETYMOLOGY: from Latin nictitare, frequentative of nictare (to wink). Earliest documented use: 1822.

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NICOTITASTE - why people chew tobacco

NICKITATE - to try to look like Santa Claus

NOCTITATE - close your eyes from drowsiness (see also NICTILATE)