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单词 oscitance
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
os•ci•tant  (osi tənt),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. yawning, as with drowsiness;
    gaping.
  2. drowsy or inattentive.
  3. dull, lazy, or negligent.
  • Latin ōscitant- (stem of ōscitāns) (present participle of ōscitāre to gape, yawn), equivalent. to ōs mouth + cit(āre) to put in motion) + -ant- -ant
  • 1615–25
osci•tan•cy, osci•tance, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
oscitancy /ˈɒsɪtənsɪ/, oscitance n ( pl -tancies, -tances)
  1. the state of being drowsy, lazy, or inattentive
  2. the act of yawning

Official name: oscitation Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin oscitāre to gape, yawn

ˈoscitant adj
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