nictitating

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English

Etymology

From the past participle stem of Latin nictitō, frequentative form of nictō (I wink) (see English nictate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɪktɪteɪtɪŋ/

Adjective

nictitating (comparative more nictitating, superlative most nictitating)

  1. 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.

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Verb

nictitating

  1. present participle and gerund of nictitate