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oscitant

[ os-i-tuhnt ]

adjective

  1. yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
  2. drowsy or inattentive.
  3. dull, lazy, or negligent.


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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dzc·ٲ· Dzc·ٲԳ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of oscitant1

First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin ōٲԳ- (stem of ōԲ, present participle of ō “to gape, yawn (used of animals), be listless”), equivalent to ō “mouth” + () “to put in motion” + -ant- -ant
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Associated word: skein. yawn, v. gape, oscitate. yawn, n. gape, gaping, yawning, oscitation, oscitancy. yawning, a. gaping, oscitant. yearbook, n. annual. yearly, a. annual, anniversary.--adv. annually. yearn, v. long, desire, hanker after, pine. yearning, n. longing, hankering, pining. yeast, n. harm, leaven, ferment. yeasty, a. barmy. yell, n. outcry, scream, shriek, howl, yowl, vociferation. yell, v. scream, shriek, screech, bawl, howl, yowl, vociferate, hoot. yellow, a. golden, sallow, tawny, ecru, amber, fallow, fulvous, croconic, jaundiced, fulvid, buff, luteous, saffron, ocherous, lurid. yellowbird, n. goldfinch. yellow race.

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Adj. open; perforated &c. v.; perforate; wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped; oscitant†, gaping, yawning; patent. tubular, cannular†, fistulous; pervious, permeable; foraminous†; vesicular, vasicular†; porous, follicular, cribriform†, honeycombed, infundibular†, riddled; tubulous†, tubulated†; piped, tubate†. opening &c. v.; aperient†.

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