pandiculation
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prettygoodwordpandiculation (pan-dik-yuh-LAY-shun) - n., the act of stretching while yawning, as when first waking.
Sometimes used as if it means just yawning, but properly it's the stretching part -- and need not be done with a yawn. But it's the kind of stretch, with extended arms and stiffened trunk, that goes with a yawn. Adopted in the 1640s from Latin pandiculātus, past participle of pandiculārī, to stretch oneself, derivative of pandere, to stretch.
---L.
Sometimes used as if it means just yawning, but properly it's the stretching part -- and need not be done with a yawn. But it's the kind of stretch, with extended arms and stiffened trunk, that goes with a yawn. Adopted in the 1640s from Latin pandiculātus, past participle of pandiculārī, to stretch oneself, derivative of pandere, to stretch.
---L.
