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   Nic·tate

   /ˈniktāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. blink: rare "the lid of her left eye began to nictate"

   Word Origin mid 18th century: from Latin nictat- ‘blinked’, from the verb nictare ‘to blink’. The variant nictitate is from the medieval Latin frequentative of nictare.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • N

     1

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

   • T

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

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