Oscitation

Ossitacio is the latyn worde..In englysh it is named ossitacion yeanynge or gapynge.

But I shall defer considering this subject at large, until I come to my treatise of oscitation, laughter, and ridicule.

These transient fits of oscitation, and inactivity, are perhaps no more than a necessary relaxation to the mind, and serve to quicken its faculties to a more lively sensation of returning pleasure.