pandiculationn.

Brit.

/ˌpandɪkjᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˈˌpænˌdɪkjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: 1600s pendiculation, 1600s– pandiculation.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pandiculation.

Etymology: < French pandiculation (1587 in Middle French; also as pendiculation (1611 in Cotgrave; compare quot. 1611)) < classical Latin pandiculāt- , past participial stem of pandiculārī (see pandiculated adj.) + French -ion -ion suffix¹.

Medicine. Now rare.

The act of stretching (extending the limbs and neck), as a manifestation of weariness, a sign of disease, etc. In later use also: yawning (rare).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > [noun] > instinctively in certain conditions

pandiculation1611

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pendiculation, a pendiculation; or, a stretching in th' approach of an Ague.

1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. ix. 225 Pandiculation is a Deliberate Action of the other Muscles of the Body.

1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 812 About Sneezing, the Hickocke, Yawning, Pandiculation, and their Causes.

1786 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 76 330 From these experiments there is reason to conclude, that the fatigued part of the retina throws itself into a contrary mode of action, like oscitation or pandiculation.

1801 E. Darwin Zoonomia I. 68 The longitudinal muscles are stimulated into contraction by extension, whence the stretching or pandiculation after a long continued posture, during which they have been kept in a state of extension.

1822 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater 122 By mere dint of pandiculation I will terrify all readers.

1956 R. W. Brown Composition Sci. Words 744 Stretch oneself: expand, expansion, pandiculation.

2000 Daily Mail (Nexis) 4 Dec. 39 His research showed that yawning or pandiculation as it is scientifically known is not what we thought it was.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pandiculation
释义	pandiculationn. Brit. /ˌpandɪkjᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌpænˌdɪkjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: 1600s pendiculation, 1600s– pandiculation. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pandiculation. Etymology: < French pandiculation (1587 in Middle French; also as pendiculation (1611 in Cotgrave; compare quot. 1611)) < classical Latin pandiculāt- , past participial stem of pandiculārī (see pandiculated adj.) + French -ion -ion suffix¹. Medicine. Now rare. The act of stretching (extending the limbs and neck), as a manifestation of weariness, a sign of disease, etc. In later use also: yawning (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > [noun] > instinctively in certain conditions pandiculation1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pendiculation, a pendiculation; or, a stretching in th' approach of an Ague. 1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. ix. 225 Pandiculation is a Deliberate Action of the other Muscles of the Body. 1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 812 About Sneezing, the Hickocke, Yawning, Pandiculation, and their Causes. 1786 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 76 330 From these experiments there is reason to conclude, that the fatigued part of the retina throws itself into a contrary mode of action, like oscitation or pandiculation. 1801 E. Darwin Zoonomia I. 68 The longitudinal muscles are stimulated into contraction by extension, whence the stretching or pandiculation after a long continued posture, during which they have been kept in a state of extension. 1822 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater 122 By mere dint of pandiculation I will terrify all readers. 1956 R. W. Brown Composition Sci. Words 744 Stretch oneself: expand, expansion, pandiculation. 2000 Daily Mail (Nexis) 4 Dec. 39 His research showed that yawning or pandiculation as it is scientifically known is not what we thought it was. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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