nictitation
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From nictitate.
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nictitation (countable and uncountable, 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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nictitation f (plural nictitations)