Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A stretching of one's self, as when one is newly awaked from sleep, or sleepy or fatigued; a restlessness and inclination to stretch observed at the outset of certain paroxysms of fever, hysteria, etc.: sometimes, somewhat incorrectly, used in the sense of ‘yawning.’
Wiktionary
- n. A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy or on waking, often accompanied by yawning.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy.
WordNet 3.0
- n. yawning and stretching (as when first waking up)
Examples
“These thoughts are the product of centuries of Anglican pew-pandiculation; eat your heart out Pascal.”
Corn Flake Anglicans. Plumbing the depths of banality. « Anglican Samizdat
“His shoulders hunched, his legs stretched to their toes, he made claws of his fingers in his hands—a fierce pandiculation of his limbs.”
“Imagine Kenneth Williams nasally saying the word, bursting with double entendre: "Oh yes, the first thing I do when I wake up is enjoy a prolonged pandiculation.”
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“The pleasure we receive from a melodious succession of notes referable to the gamut is derived from another source, viz. to the pandiculation or counteraction of antagonist fibres.”
“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into a contrary mode of action, like oscitation or pandiculation, as soon as the stimulus which has fatigued it is withdrawn; and that it still remains sensible, that is, liable to be excited into action by any other colours at the same time, except the colour with which it has been fatigued.”
“From those 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into a contrary mode of action like oscitation or pandiculation, as soon as the stimulus, which has fatigued it, is withdrawn; but that it still remains liable to be excited into action by any other colours except the colour with which it has been fatigued.”
“When any of our larger muscles have been in long or in violent action, and their antagonists have been at the same time extended, as soon as the action of the former ceases, the limb is stretched the contrary way for our ease, and a pandiculation or yawning takes place.”
“The alternate exertions of the retina in the preceding section resembled the oscitation or pandiculation of the muscles, as they were performed in directions contrary to each other, and were the consequence of fatigue rather than of pain.”
“Word For The Day, Thursday, January 22, 2009 - pandiculation dictionaries ad nauseum, internet”
“My nephew told me, some years ago, that a little pandiculation was good for you, even before you get out of bed.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pandiculation’.
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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soma's list
esprit d'escalier, triskelion, borborygmus, lalochezia, pareidolia, octothorpe, pandiculation, semihemidemisemiq..., phosphenes, lucent, seraphim, phantasmagoria and 8 more...
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There's a word for it
catkin, pastiche, badonkadonk, biome, omphaloscopy, pogonophobia, reptation, anathema, xyst, commodify, commoditize, monetize and 46 more...
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Its a Stretch
pandiculation, persiflage, quixotic, abjure, non sequitur, ouevre, addlepated, shibboleth, bloviate, mundicidious, illaqueate, frigorific and 13 more...
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the trial of the wasps
The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
quixotic, shattered, extravagant, warmth, courage, indomitable, spunky, unscathed, valiant, plucky, protagonist, antagonist and 27 more...
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Desultory Digressions
Also known as EsotericWench's Word Holding Tank. These are words that have caught my fancy but I have yet to file in the appropriate list. If I don't capture them here, I won't capture them at all.
desultory, abjure, immethodical, mentalist, subvertising, schmaltzy, fartlek, interstitial, ear-rent, brouhaha, crufty, malefactor and 34 more...
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Best words ever
The most awesome words.
abacot, aristology, autohagiography, backronym, bafflegab, bodacious, boustrophedonic, brobdingnagian, bromopnea, cachinnatory, dactylonomy, eagre and 26 more...
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sirsmoove's list
doppelganger, perspicacity, dervish, facetious, jocular, waggish, enervated, hustings, yawn, pandiculation, gravitas, fete and 2 more...
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KYRA LOVES WORDS!!!!!
I love words. Words with normal meanings, but that are little known so that I can still have a fantastic vocabulary and use it too!
pandiculation, osculation, ululate, ennui, facetious, tumultuous, capricious, ostentatious, abhor
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Remember Not To Forget
Sephardic, Umwelt, amphiboly, untrammeled, sequela, pandiculation, tensegrity, syncretism
jmjarmstrong JM opines that pandiculation is a real stretch Dec 14, 2009
silas
"The stretching of one's body that often accompanies yawning."
~ http://www.brownielocks.com/words.html ~ Sep 17, 2009
reesetee No, no, no--this is when a panda enrolls in a post-graduate degree program. ;-) Mar 2, 2007
sionnach Foo! You can try to cover up the vexing problem of inappropriate panda masturbation and its results all you want, but we know what's what. Mar 1, 2007
reesetee The yawning and stretching you do when you first wake up, or after you've been sitting for ages. Mar 1, 2007