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nutate

verb

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from *neu-✻
  2. derived from nūtātiō

Definitions

  1. To rock or sway involuntarily.

  2. To wobble

    To wobble; to make a circular rocking motion.

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