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oscitancy|ˈɒsɪtənsɪ|
[f. as prec.: see -ancy.]
1. Drowsiness, such as is manifested by yawning; dullness, indolence; negligence, inattention.
1619W. Sclater Exp. 1 Thess. 168 Tendring their presence in the congregation to fill vp the number, but with such Oscitancie [printed Oscitaurie], and gaping drowzinesse, that they regard not what is spoken. a1620J. Dyke Sel. Serm. (1640) 34 An oscitancy of spirit. 1658W. Burton Itin. Anton. 62, I judge it rather the Historians oscitancie, and supine negligence. 1784Cowper Task ii. 774 Her, whose winking eye, And slumb'ring oscitancy mars the brood. 1900F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 15 Feb. 127/2 That they all went astray owing to a coincidence of oscitancy is clearly beyond belief.
b. (With pl.) An instance or example of this.
1677R. Cary Palæol. Chron. ii. ii. i. 210 Bishop Usher roundly censures this as an Oscitancy in him. 1782Gentl. Mag. LII. 574 The oscitancies of Mr. Wharton..do certainly deserve reprehension.
2. Yawning; gaping with sleepiness; oscitance.
1717Entertainer No. 2. 11 In the case of Oscitancy, when one Person has extended or dilated his Jaws, he has set the whole Company into the same Posture. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 332 The particular kind of pandiculation..being called, oscitancy, yawning, or gaping. |