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单词 oscitancy
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Example sentences from the Web for oscitancy

  • Its necessary concomitants, are official inattention and oscitancy.

    Four Early Pamphlets|William Godwin

oscitancy

oscitance

/ (ˈɒsɪtənsɪ) /
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noun plural -tancies or -tances

the state of being drowsy, lazy, or inattentive
the act of yawning
Official name: oscitation

Derived forms of oscitancy

oscitant, adjective

Word Origin for oscitancy

C17: from Latin oscitāre to gape, yawn

Words nearby oscitancy

oscillometer, oscillometry, oscillopsia, oscilloscope, oscine, oscitancy, oscitant, os coccygis, Osco-Umbrian, os coxae, osculant
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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