oscitance

os·ci·tance  (s-tns)

n.

Oscitancy.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	oscitance - drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning oscitancy dullness, obtuseness - the quality of being slow to understand drowsiness, sleepiness, somnolence - a very sleepy state; "sleepiness causes many driving accidents"
	2.	oscitance - an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; "he could not suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop"; "he apologized for his oscitancy" yawn, yawning, oscitancy pandiculation - yawning and stretching (as when first waking up) inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus