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Definition of Nictations
1. nictation [n] - See also: nictation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nictations
Literary usage of Nictations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Last Days of the Emperor Napoleon, by Francesco Antommarchi (1825)
"After a short slumber, the Emperor was awakened at four AM by a dry and nervous
cough, accompanied by insipid nictations and vomitings of aqueous matters. ..."
2. The English Historical Review by JSTOR (Organization), Oxford Journals (Oxford University Press), Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1909)
"... whose edition of M. Aurelius published in noticeable as the ' first edition
of any classical author with original nictations published in this country. ..."
3. Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Reviewby Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1883)
"... and from all advisers ; uf trusting to his memory for facts, dates, and
nictations ; and of sending manuscripts to the post without reading them over. ..."
4. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers (1853)
"... full of и! purulent matter; with sour frothy nictations; with canine appetites,
and crudeness of digestion; resides many others needless to mention. ..."
5. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders, John Herr Musser (1917)
"\Yhen the cough was fully established and was accompanied by (•nictations of
stringy mucus I commenced the exhibition of the mixture of asafetida 5 dram ..."
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