nutate
English
Etymology
Back-formation from nutation (1610s), from Latin nūtātiō (“nodding”), from nūtō (“I nod”), from Proto-Indo-European *neu-. Compare mutate.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪt
Verb
nutate (third-person singular simple present nutates, present participle nutating, simple past and past participle nutated)
- (intransitive) To rock or sway involuntarily.
- (intransitive, engineering) To wobble; to make a circular rocking motion.
References
Anagrams
- attune, tauten
Interlingua
Participle
nutate
- past participle of nutar
Latin
Participle
nūtāte
- vocative masculine singular of nūtātus