† oscitancen.
Obsolete. rare.
= oscitancy n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [noun] > drowsy inattention
oscitancy1609
oscitance1636
oscitation1656
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [noun] > action of yawning
yawningc725
oscitation1547
oscitance1636
yawn1707
oscitancy1717
1636 C. Fitzgeffry Holy Transportations in Blessed Birth-day (ed. 2) 57 A bosom benefice, A true peculiar, that will not dispense With the least oscitance, my Conscience.
1647 H. Hammond Of Power of Keyes iv. 92 The negligence or oscitance of these Grammarians.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.1636- serio-grotesque
- serio-ludicro
- serio-ludicrous
- serio-pantomimic
- serio-ridiculous
- seriocomedies
- seriocomedy
- seriocomedyes
- seriocomedys
- seriocomic
- seriocomical
- seriocomically
- seriocomique
- seriogrotesque
- seriol
- serioludicro
- serioludicrous
- seriopantomimic
- serioridiculous
- seriosity
- serious
- serious-eyed
- serious-faced
- serious-looking
- serious-minded