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Definition of Oscitancy
1. Noun. Drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning.
Generic synonyms: Dullness, Obtuseness, Drowsiness, Sleepiness, Somnolence
Derivative terms: Oscitant
2. Noun. An involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom. "He apologized for his oscitancy"
Specialized synonyms: Pandiculation
Generic synonyms: Inborn Reflex, Innate Reflex, Instinctive Reflex, Physiological Reaction, Reflex, Reflex Action, Reflex Response, Unconditioned Reflex
Derivative terms: Oscitant, Yawn, Yawn
Definition of Oscitancy
1. n. The act of gaping or yawning.
Definition of Oscitancy
1. Noun. The act of yawning ¹
2. Noun. drowsiness, especially when marked by yawning ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oscitancy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Oscitancy
Literary usage of Oscitancy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works by John Howe, Edmund Calamy (1835)
"It is not oscitancy and neglect, as if he took no notice of what men did. ...
It is not from oscitancy, but power, that guilty creatures are spared, ..."
2. Lord Chesterfield's Letters to His Son and Godson by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield (1897)
"appear, in any of your original manuscripts, that it happened since. May not this
possibly proceed from the oscitancy of the writer? ..."
3. Letters to His Son: On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh (1901)
"... and it does not appear, in any of your original manuscripts, that it happened
since. May not this possibly proceed from the oscitancy of the writer? ..."
4. The Letters of the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Charles Strachey, Annette Calthrop (1901)
"May not this possibly proceed from the oscitancy of the writer ? To this oscitancy
of the librarians we owe so many mistakes, hiatuses, lacunae, etc., ..."
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