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Oscitancy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    the act of yawning
  2. 2
    an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom wordnet
  3. 3
    drowsiness, especially when marked by yawning
  4. 4
    drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning wordnet

Etymology

From Latin oscitans + -cy, present participle of ōscitō (“to yawn, gape, open the mouth”), from Latin os (“the mouth”).

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