palpebration

1. 1.

   repeated blinking or winking (especially if uncontrolled and persistent)

   Broaderblink

Other forms of palpebration

plural

palpebrations·

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 palpebration

What does palpebration mean?

palpebration means "repeated blinking or winking (especially if uncontrolled and persistent)".

How many syllables are in palpebration?

palpebration has 5 syllables and divides as pal-pe-bra-ti-on under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.