nictationn.

Brit.

/nɪkˈteɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌnɪkˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nictātiōn-, nictātiō.

Etymology: < classical Latin nictātiōn-, nictātiō the action of blinking < nictāt- , past participial stem of nictāre nictate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹.

The action or an act of winking or blinking; nictitation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > movements of eye > winking or blinking

prinkOE

twinklinga1300

blenching1393

twink14..

blenking?a1505

twinking1519

twinkle1548

connivance1596

winka1616

nictation1623

shailing1653

nictitation1794

blinking1871

blink1924

bat1932

saccade1953

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Nictation, the twinckling of the eye.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 71 Much more is their use in nictation when we are awake.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 161 Our Nictations for the most part when we are awake..are performed with very little or no Consciousness.

1859 H. Rogers Greyson Lett. lxxiii. 322 I doubt whether any man's eye could bear, without being refreshed and brushed each moment..by nictation, to gaze for an unlimited time on a small bright disk.

1883 Good Words 24 265 As if a man should set himself to regulate or time the nictation of the eyelid.

1972 J. Blish Star Trek 8 67 Look at their eyes—no nictation.

1990 Poetry Rev. Spring 61/2 Hindsight superimposition of this order is less obtrusive than the adult jargon (anal phoneme, nictation) adopted to evoke childhood terrors.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nictation
释义	nictationn. Brit. /nɪkˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌnɪkˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nictātiōn-, nictātiō. Etymology: < classical Latin nictātiōn-, nictātiō the action of blinking < nictāt- , past participial stem of nictāre nictate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. The action or an act of winking or blinking; nictitation. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > movements of eye > winking or blinking prinkOE twinklinga1300 blenching1393 twink14.. blenking?a1505 twinking1519 twinkle1548 connivance1596 winka1616 nictation1623 shailing1653 nictitation1794 blinking1871 blink1924 bat1932 saccade1953 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Nictation, the twinckling of the eye. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 71 Much more is their use in nictation when we are awake. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 161 Our Nictations for the most part when we are awake..are performed with very little or no Consciousness. 1859 H. Rogers Greyson Lett. lxxiii. 322 I doubt whether any man's eye could bear, without being refreshed and brushed each moment..by nictation, to gaze for an unlimited time on a small bright disk. 1883 Good Words 24 265 As if a man should set himself to regulate or time the nictation of the eyelid. 1972 J. Blish Star Trek 8 67 Look at their eyes—no nictation. 1990 Poetry Rev. Spring 61/2 Hindsight superimposition of this order is less obtrusive than the adult jargon (anal phoneme, nictation) adopted to evoke childhood terrors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623
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