oscitancy

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And therefore I, the author of this miraculous treatise, having hitherto, beyond expectation, maintained by the aforesaid handle a firm hold upon my gentle readers, it is with great reluctance that I am at length compelled to remit my grasp, leaving them in the perusal of what remains to that natural oscitancy inherent in the tribe.

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  1. noun The act of yawning.
  2. noun The state of being drowsy or inattentive; dullness.

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  1. From oscitant, yawning, from Latin ōscitāns, ōscitant-, present participle of ōscitāre, to yawn : ōs, mouth; see ōs- in Indo-European roots + citāre, to move; see kei-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from oscitan(t) + -cy.
 

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/ˈɑsɪtənsi/
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