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单词 oscitation
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oscitationn.

Brit. /ˌɒsᵻˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɑsəˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: 1500s ossitacion, 1600s– oscitation.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ōscitātiōn-, ōscitātiō.
Etymology: < classical Latin ōscitātiōn-, ōscitātiō the action of yawning < ōscitāt- , past participial stem of ōscitāre and ōscitārī (see oscitate v.) + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare Middle French, French oscitation (1546).
Now rare.
1. The action or an act of yawning from drowsiness. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [noun] > action of yawning
yawningc725
oscitation1547
oscitance1636
yawn1707
oscitancy1717
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. Ciii Ossitacio is the latyn worde... In englysh it is named ossitacion yeanynge or gapynge.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 289 As it happeneth in oscitations or yawnings when wee hold our breath long.
1787 Minor iii. iv. 168 The Ladies, after much oscitation, declared they did not understand.
1817 T. J. Pettigrew Mem. J. C. Lettsom III. 284 The paroxysm came on at six o'clock in the evening with great oscitation.
1856 W. W. Dobie Recoll. Visit Port-Phillip iii. 52 Inducing a sympathetic reader to indulge in two years oscitation at one ‘go off’.
1955 J. M. Cohen tr. F. Rabelais Hist. Gargantua & Pantagruel iv. lxiii. 585 What's the remedy for oscitation or yawning?
2. The condition or fact of being drowsy, listless, inattentive, or negligent; an instance of inattention or negligence. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun]
accidiaOE
accidie?c1225
lethargyc1380
faintness1398
lithernessc1425
listlesshedec1440
owlisthead1440
supinity1548
lustlessness1556
benumbedness1566
phlegm1578
apoplexy1589
acedia1607
torpor1607
drowsiness1611
torpidity1614
languishmentc1620
hebetude1621
acedy1623
inerty1623
supineness1640
listlessness1646
cadaveriety1651
inertitude1656
oscitation1656
torpulency1657
sopor1658
phlegmaticness1659
lethargicalness1664
torpidnessa1676
faineantisea1684
phlegmatism1688
vis inertiae1710
torpitude1713
moonery1764
donothingness1814
benumbment1817
inertia1821
languor1825
donothingism1839
Mondayishness1850
mooniness1852
mooning1857
fainéantisme1873
sog1874
Oblomovism1902
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [noun] > drowsy inattention
oscitancy1609
oscitance1636
oscitation1656
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence
negligence1351
lashness1477
uncarefulness1567
oscitancy1609
neglect1610
neglectiveness1621
oscitation1656
neglectfulness1693
laches1844
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [noun] > drowsy inattention > instance of
oscitancy1649
oscitation1656
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Oscitation, negligence or idleness.
1697 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris 119 'Tis a mere oscitation of our Scholiast, and of Suidas that gaped after him.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub v. 113 His Epidemical Diseases being Fastiodisity, Amorphy, and Oscitation.
1744 E. Carter Let. 20 July in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) I. 45 These transient fits of oscitation, and inactivity, are perhaps no more than a necessary relaxation to the mind.
1869 A. W. Haddan Apostolical Succession Church Eng. (1883) 158 The natural oscitation on the part of individuals in the matter of rigorous adherence to admitted principle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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