Associations to the word «Nictitate»

Wiktionary

NICTITATE, verb. (transitive) to wink or blink

Dictionary definition

NICTITATE, 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.
Alexander Pope