oscitant

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oscitant (OS-i-tehnt) - adj., yawning, drowsy, inattentive, dull, lazy.


Borrowed around 1620 from Latin ōscitāns, participle of ōscitāre, to gape, yawn, from ōs, mouth + cit(āre), to put in motion. And I'd tell you all about this, but it's time for a nap. That or more coffee.

---L.

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