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nictate


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PRONUNCIATION:

(NIK-tayt)

MEANING:

verb intr.: To wink or blink.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin nictare (to wink or blink). Earliest documented use: 1755.

NOTES:

Animals like cats, owls, and sharks have a nictitating membrane. It’s a built-in translucent third eyelid to protect their vision. We humans, alas, are stuck with regular old nictating.

USAGE:

“[The other half of the brain] was modelled on a cockpit -- full of neurotic dials, smart-clicking switches, nictating red lights.”
Julie Maxwell; You Can Live Forever; Jonathan Cape; 2007.

See more usage examples of nictate in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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