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oscitation|ɒsɪˈteɪʃən|
[ad. L. oscitātiōn-em, n. of action f. oscitāre: see prec.]
1. The action of yawning or gaping from drowsiness. Also fig.
1547Boorde Brev. Health cclxii. 88 b, Ossitacio is the latin worde... In englyshe it is named ossitacion, yeanyng, or gapynge. 1615Crooke Body of Man 289 As it happeneth in oscitations or yawnings when wee hold our breath long. 1787Minor iii. iv. 168 The Ladies, after much oscitation, declared they did not understand. 1817Pettigrew Mem. Dr. Lettsom III. 284 The paroxysm came on at six o'clock in the evening with great oscitation.
2. The condition or fact of being drowsy, listless, inattentive, or negligent; an instance of inattention or negligence.
1656Blount Glossogr., Oscitation,..negligence or idleness. 1697Bentley Epist. Euripides Wks. 1836 II. 209 'Tis a mere oscitation of our Scholiast, and of Suidas, that gaped after him. 1741–70Mrs. Carter, etc. Lett. (1808) 45 These transient fits of oscitation, and inactivity, are perhaps no more than a necessary relaxation to the mind. 1869A. W. Haddan Apost. Success. (1883) 158 The natural oscitation on the part of individuals in the matter of rigorous adherence to admitted principle. |