Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Yawning; gaping.
- Sleepy; drowsy; dull; sluggish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Yawning; gaping.
- adjective Sleepy; drowsy; dull; sluggish; careless.
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- adjective
yawning ;gaping - adjective
sleepy ;drowsy ;sluggish ;careless
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective showing lack of attention or boredom
Etymologies
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Latin oscitans, oscitantis, present participle of oscitare: compare French oscitant.
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knitandpurl commented on the word oscitant
"Bryony is not having her first drink of today until 18.00 so the big question is what to do between now and then. The obvious answer is admin, but that is very boring. And also quite hard at this lazy, pre-evening, pinkish, oscitant time of day."
The Seed Collectors by Scarlett Thomas, p 337
December 30, 2016