Associations to the word «Nictate»
Noun
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Wiktionary
NICTATE, verb. To wink or blink; (of certain animals) to close the nictating membrane. [from 18th c.]
Dictionary definition
NICTATE, verb. Briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.