Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nutate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nu-tate
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To rock or sway involuntarily.

Intransitive verb

verb

To wobble; to make a circular rocking motion.

Intransitive 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.

Origin

Source language: Latin
First known use: First attested in 1880

Word Breakdown

Root: nūtātiō, *neu-

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

nutates (present, singular) nutating (participle, present) nutated (participle, past) nutated (past)

Derived Forms

circumnutate

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does nutate mean?: To rock or sway involuntarily.
Where does nutate come from?: It is traced to Latin. First known use: First attested in 1880.

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