释义 |
oscitance|ˈɒsɪtəns| [f. as oscitant: see -ance.] Yawning; failure to be alert, inattention.
1636C. Fitzgeffrey Holy Transp. (1881) 177 A bosom benefice, A true peculiar, that will not dispense With the least oscitance, my Conscience. 1647Hammond Power of Keys iv. 92 The negligence or oscitance of these Grammarians. |