Definition of Oscitant

1. Adjective. Showing lack of attention or boredom. "The yawning congregation"

Exact synonyms: Drowsy, Yawning
Similar to: Inattentive
Derivative terms: Oscitancy, Oscitancy

Definition of Oscitant

1. a. Yawning; gaping.

Definition of Oscitant

1. Adjective. yawning; gaping ¹

2. Adjective. sleepy; drowsy; sluggish; careless ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oscitant

1. yawning [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oscitant

oscillometry
oscillon
oscillons
oscillopsia
oscilloscope
oscilloscopes
oscilloscopic
oscine
oscine bird
oscinian
oscinine
oscitance
oscitances
oscitancies
oscitancy
oscitant (current term)
oscitantly
oscitate
oscitated
oscitates
oscitating
oscitation
oscitations
oscula
osculant
oscular
osculate
osculated
osculates
osculating

Literary usage of Oscitant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1810)
"... they must have received it with the grossest corruptions which it had acquired from interested imposture, oscitant negligence, or torpid stupidity. ..."

2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"Moving backwards and forwards like a pendulum. oscitant, (cs'-se-tant) a. Yawning ; unusually sleepy ; sleepy ; sluggish. ..."

3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1852)
"when unobservant of military armor and martial scenes, became oscitant and drowsy. Like their system of law, the active principles of religion and liberty ..."

4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1852)
"when unobservant of military armor and martial scenes, became oscitant and drowsy. Like their system of law, the active principles of religion and liberty ..."

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