nictitatingadj.

Brit.

/ˈnɪktᵻteɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈnɪktəˌteɪdɪŋ/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nictitat- , nictitare , -ing suffix².

Etymology: < post-classical Latin nictitat-, past participial stem of nictitare nictitate v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier nictating adj.

Winking, blinking. Also in extended use.Recorded earliest in nictitating membrane n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

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

winking1555

blinking1568

blink1575

wapper1581

blinked1590

wapper-eyed1604

twinkling1740

nictitant1826

blinky1861

nictitating1899

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. ii. 110 To the Eye-lids we may add another guard afforded the Eyes, of most Quadrupeds, Birds, and Fishes, by the nictitating Membrane.

1855 Poultry Chron. 3 381 The nictitating (winking) muscles.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 39 Clonic spasm of the eye-lids.., sometimes spoken of as nictitating spasm.

1966 V. Nabokov Speak, Memory (U.S. rev. ed.) vii. 144 The landscape itself went through a complex system of motion,..a bank of nictitating grass rising, rising, rising.

1972 Observer 9 July 25/3 It is the unflawed but rapidly nictitating left eye that he turns to us.

1988 Pigeon Racing Gaz. July 4/3 The nictitating eye-lid..has only one purpose and that is to constantly polish the eye ball.

Compounds

nictitating membrane n. a whitish or translucent membrane that forms an inner eyelid in birds, reptiles, and some mammals, and which can be extended across the eye to keep it moist and protect it from dust, etc. (also called third eyelid).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > third or inner eyelid

haw?1523

nictating membrane1678

nictitating membrane1713

third eyelid1822

1713*Nictitating membrane [see main sense].

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 209 The eye [of the rattlesnake] also is furnished with a nictitating membrane, that preserves it from dust.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 19 In the elephant, oppossum, seal, cat kind, and various other mammals, all birds, and all fishes we find a third eye-lid, or nictitating membrane as it is usually called.

1845 N. P. Willis Dashes at Life with Free Pencil iv. 138 Chambermaids and nurses; who, by the way they flock to the beach in the male hours, must either have eyes with a nictitating membrane, or a modesty that is confined to what they hear.

1882 Cent. Mag. Dec. 233/1 Should the nictitating membrane protrude, it should be pressed back with the point of the lancet.

1900 Contemp. Rev. 78 217 There was this monster [sc. a shark] sheering off and along by her side, and working its white nictitating membrane off and on its eyes.

1994 J. Updike Brazil x. 81 When he closed his eyelids, the fine vein-webbed skin just below them twitched, like the nictitating membrane of a frog.

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

单词	nictitating
释义	nictitatingadj. Brit. /ˈnɪktᵻteɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɪktəˌteɪdɪŋ/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nictitat- , nictitare , -ing suffix². Etymology: < post-classical Latin nictitat-, past participial stem of nictitare nictitate v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier nictating adj. Winking, blinking. Also in extended use.Recorded earliest in nictitating membrane n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > movements of eye > winking or blinking winking1555 blinking1568 blink1575 wapper1581 blinked1590 wapper-eyed1604 twinkling1740 nictitant1826 blinky1861 nictitating1899 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. ii. 110 To the Eye-lids we may add another guard afforded the Eyes, of most Quadrupeds, Birds, and Fishes, by the nictitating Membrane. 1855 Poultry Chron. 3 381 The nictitating (winking) muscles. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 39 Clonic spasm of the eye-lids.., sometimes spoken of as nictitating spasm. 1966 V. Nabokov Speak, Memory (U.S. rev. ed.) vii. 144 The landscape itself went through a complex system of motion,..a bank of nictitating grass rising, rising, rising. 1972 Observer 9 July 25/3 It is the unflawed but rapidly nictitating left eye that he turns to us. 1988 Pigeon Racing Gaz. July 4/3 The nictitating eye-lid..has only one purpose and that is to constantly polish the eye ball. Compounds nictitating membrane n. a whitish or translucent membrane that forms an inner eyelid in birds, reptiles, and some mammals, and which can be extended across the eye to keep it moist and protect it from dust, etc. (also called third eyelid). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > third or inner eyelid haw?1523 nictating membrane1678 nictitating membrane1713 third eyelid1822 1713Nictitating membrane [see main sense]. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth* VII. 209 The eye [of the rattlesnake] also is furnished with a nictitating membrane, that preserves it from dust. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 19 In the elephant, oppossum, seal, cat kind, and various other mammals, all birds, and all fishes we find a third eye-lid, or nictitating membrane as it is usually called. 1845 N. P. Willis Dashes at Life with Free Pencil iv. 138 Chambermaids and nurses; who, by the way they flock to the beach in the male hours, must either have eyes with a nictitating membrane, or a modesty that is confined to what they hear. 1882 Cent. Mag. Dec. 233/1 Should the nictitating membrane protrude, it should be pressed back with the point of the lancet. 1900 Contemp. Rev. 78 217 There was this monster [sc. a shark] sheering off and along by her side, and working its white nictitating membrane off and on its eyes. 1994 J. Updike Brazil x. 81 When he closed his eyelids, the fine vein-webbed skin just below them twitched, like the nictitating membrane of a frog. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1713
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