nictitationn.

Brit.

/ˌnɪktᵻˈteɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌnɪktəˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nictitatio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin nictitatio winking or blinking (1689) < nictitat- , past participial stem of nictitare nictitate v. + classical Latin -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare earlier nictation n.

Winking or blinking; the action or habit of moving the eyelids; an instance of this. Also in extended use.

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

1794 E. Darwin Zoonomia I. §xxiv. 269 These [tears] by frequent nictitation are diffused over the whole ball, and..the tears are gradually driven forward.

1831 Fraser's Mag. 3 653 I know by that satisfactory nictitation of your eye that you agree with me.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 107 There is often a nictitation of the lids.

1900 Overland Monthly June 550 Fortunately, Nature has provided the trout with no power of nictitation—he cannot by any possibility wink his eye.

1962 V. Nabokov Pale Fire 160 A couple..whose blundering Cadillac half entered my driveway before retreating in a flurry of luminous nictitation.

2004 A. D. Foster Sliding Scales (2005) 244 Her eyes were already beginning to glaze over, the double eyelids spasming in repeated nictitation.

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

单词	nictitation
释义	nictitationn. Brit. /ˌnɪktᵻˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌnɪktəˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nictitatio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin nictitatio winking or blinking (1689) < nictitat- , past participial stem of nictitare nictitate v. + classical Latin -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare earlier nictation n. Winking or blinking; the action or habit of moving the eyelids; an instance of this. Also in extended use. 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 1794 E. Darwin Zoonomia I. §xxiv. 269 These [tears] by frequent nictitation are diffused over the whole ball, and..the tears are gradually driven forward. 1831 Fraser's Mag. 3 653 I know by that satisfactory nictitation of your eye that you agree with me. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 107 There is often a nictitation of the lids. 1900 Overland Monthly June 550 Fortunately, Nature has provided the trout with no power of nictitation—he cannot by any possibility wink his eye. 1962 V. Nabokov Pale Fire 160 A couple..whose blundering Cadillac half entered my driveway before retreating in a flurry of luminous nictitation. 2004 A. D. Foster Sliding Scales (2005) 244 Her eyes were already beginning to glaze over, the double eyelids spasming in repeated nictitation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1794
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