nutate

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. (intransitive) To rock or sway involuntarily.
2. (intransitive) To wobble; to make a circular rocking motion.

Έννοιες

γέρνω

Συνώνυμα

deflect

doze

droop

drop

nod

ptosis

rock

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sag

slack

preshoot

descensus

Μεταφράσεις

أومأ

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

First attested in 1880; back-formation from nutation (1610s) on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin nūtātiō (“a nodding”), from nūtō (“to nod”), from Proto-Indo-European *neu-. Compare mutate.