nictitatev.

Brit.

/ˈnɪktᵻteɪt/, U.S.

/ˈnɪktəˌteɪt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nictitat-, nictitare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin nictitat-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix³) of nictitare to stay awake often (in a 12th-cent. British glossary), to blink (in 15th-cent. glossaries) < classical Latin nictāre nictate v. + -itāre -itate suffix. Compare earlier nictitation n. and nictitating adj.

rare.

1. intransitive. To wink or blink; to nictate. Also in extended use. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [verb (intransitive)] > move eyes > wink or blink > of eyes or eyelids

wink1661

nictitate1822

snap1870

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 419 In dying people whose eye-lids are become torpid and do not nictitate.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 520 The eye-lids nictitate with a quiver that it is often difficult to follow up.

1941 M. Lowry Let. 15 Jan. in Sursum Corda! (1995) I. 371 The blue exhaust speeds parting's litany. Then, with pneumatic bounds, we herd the street. The lights, symbolic, nictitate in day.

2. transitive. To act as a nictitating membrane against; to impede, blur, mediate (light, etc.). rare.

ΚΠ

1930 R. Campbell Adamastor 69 Yea, though for us the vision blearing No membrane nictitates the light.

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

单词	nictitate
释义	nictitatev. Brit. /ˈnɪktᵻteɪt/, U.S. /ˈnɪktəˌteɪt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nictitat-, nictitare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin nictitat-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix³) of nictitare to stay awake often (in a 12th-cent. British glossary), to blink (in 15th-cent. glossaries) < classical Latin nictāre nictate v. + -itāre -itate suffix. Compare earlier nictitation n. and nictitating adj. rare. 1. intransitive. To wink or blink; to nictate. Also in extended use. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [verb (intransitive)] > move eyes > wink or blink > of eyes or eyelids wink1661 nictitate1822 snap1870 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 419 In dying people whose eye-lids are become torpid and do not nictitate. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 520 The eye-lids nictitate with a quiver that it is often difficult to follow up. 1941 M. Lowry Let. 15 Jan. in Sursum Corda! (1995) I. 371 The blue exhaust speeds parting's litany. Then, with pneumatic bounds, we herd the street. The lights, symbolic, nictitate in day. 2. transitive. To act as a nictitating membrane against; to impede, blur, mediate (light, etc.). rare. ΚΠ 1930 R. Campbell Adamastor 69 Yea, though for us the vision blearing No membrane nictitates the light. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1822
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