nictitation

Other forms of nictitation

plural

nictitations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nictitation

What does nictitation mean?

nictitation means "a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly".

How many syllables are in nictitation?

nictitation has 5 syllables: nic-ti-ta-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for nictitation?

Close synonyms include blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nictitation a common word?

nictitation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.