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单词 yawny
释义 yawny, a.|ˈjɔːnɪ|
Also yawney.
[f. yawn n. or v. + -y1.]
Characterized by yawns or (much) yawning; inclined to, or provocative of, yawning.
1805[implied in yawniness].1813Examiner 1 Feb. 74/2 His laugh relaxed into a yawny simper.1830Ibid. 410/2 His Discourses are..what our departed friend Nollekens would have described as ‘yawney’—that is, somewhat heavy.1888Meredith Let. to Miss Meredith 5 Jan., Bruny and Koby in Lapinland last night, very yawny to-day.
Hence ˈyawniness.
1805Southey in Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 115 The old yawniness comes on at times.1898Shiel Yellow Danger 176 The day has that very-early-morning grayness for which one can find no adjective to express its utter yawniness.
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