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Webster 1913 Edition

Nictitation

Nicˊti-ta′tion

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Noun.

The act of winking.

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nictitation

nictitation

English

Noun

nictitation ‎(plural nictitations)

Winking, blinking
- 1962: Vlamidir Nabokov, Pale Fire
  I saw a couple, later identified for me as Mr Colt, a local lawyer, and his wife, whose blundering Cadillac half entered my driveway before retreating in a flurry of luminous nictitation.

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