nictated
nictated is the simple past and past participle of nictate.
Meaning of nictate
Verb
nictate (third-person singular simple present nictates, present participle nictating, simple past and past participle nictated)
- To wink or blink; (of certain animals) to close the nictating membrane.
- Indignantly interrogated as to whether he himself believed or exercised this abhominable and perabsurd superstition, he very gravely nictated his dexter eyelid. And I nictated mine. And we both laughed.1909, Frederick Rolfe, Don Renato, Chatto & Windus, published 1963
Questions about nictated
- What is nictated the simple past and past participle of?
- Nictated is the simple past and past participle of nictate.
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