saccadic

Variant of saccade

noun

any of the rapid, involuntary jumps made by the eyes from one fixed point to another, as in reading

Origin: Fr, a jerk < obs. saquer, to shake, pull, dial. var. of OFr sachier < VL *saccare, to pull from a sack < L saccus, sack

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