oscitancy

os·ci·tan·cy

 (ŏs′ĭ-tən-sē)

n. pl. os·ci·tan·cies

1. The act of yawning.

2. The state of being drowsy or inattentive; dullness.

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[From oscitant, yawning, from Latin ōscitāns, ōscitant-, present participle of ōscitāre, to yawn : ōs, mouth; see ōs- in Indo-European roots + citāre, to move; see keiə- in Indo-European roots.]

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os′ci·tant adj.

oscitancy

(ˈɒsɪtənsɪ) or

oscitance

n, pl -tancies or -tances

1. the state of being drowsy, lazy, or inattentive

2. the act of yawning

Official name: oscitation

[C17: from Latin oscitāre to gape, yawn]

ˈoscitant adj

oscitancy

, pandiculation - Oscitancy is the act of yawning; pandiculation is an all-over stretching and yawning, as upon waking, from Latin pandere.

See also related terms for stretching.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	oscitancy - drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning oscitance dullness, obtuseness - the quality of being slow to understand drowsiness, sleepiness, somnolence - a very sleepy state; "sleepiness causes many driving accidents"
	2.	oscitancy - 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, oscitance 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

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