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oscitant
[os-i-tuhnt]
adjective
yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
drowsy or inattentive.
dull, lazy, or negligent.
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- oscitancy noun
- oscitance noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Example Sentences
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.
Adj. open; perforated &c. v.; perforate; wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped; oscitantā , gaping, yawning; patent. tubular, cannularā , fistulous; pervious, permeable; foraminousā ; vesicular, vasicularā ; porous, follicular, cribriformā , honeycombed, infundibularā , riddled; tubulousā , tubulatedā ; piped, tubateā . opening &c. v.; aperientā .
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