yawnern.
/ˈjɔːnə/, U.S. /ˈjɔnər/, /ˈjɑnər/ 1.
a. One who yawns, as from drowsiness.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [noun] > one who is drowsy > one who yawns
yawner1688
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. i. sig. E2/2 C'est un Baailleur perpetuel, he is an everlasting Yawner.
1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 130 To procure upon an average half a dozen voluntary yawners, in addition to the compulsory ones.
1897 Voice (N.Y.) 9 Sept. 5/5 The yawner..is not being intentionally rude, but is exercising muscles which have been for a long time inactive.
b. transferred. Something dreary or boring. colloquial (originally U.S.).
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > tedious or dull thing or activity
weariness1560
insipid1699
prose1743
bore1778
insipidity1822
ennui1849
yawn1889
palaver1920
bind1930
binder1930
corn1936
yawner1942
ho-hum1963
vicarage tea party1973
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §276/2 Something uninteresting,..washout, yawner.
1969 ‘A. Glyn’ Dragon Variation ii. 42 The game between him and Wheaton, still to be played, should be a real yawner.
1980 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Nov. 17 (heading) The Awakening is a real yawner.
1983 Chicago Sun-Times 6 Aug. 76 (heading) Opener likely to be yawner.
2. Something that yawns; a wide ditch.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > ditch
dikec893
gripa1000
ditch1045
fosselOE
water-furrowlOE
sow1316
furrowc1330
rick1332
sewer1402
gripplec1440
soughc1440
grindle1463
sheugh1513
syre1513
rain?1523
trench1523
slough1532
drain1552
fowsie?1553
thorougha1555
rean1591
potting1592
trink1592
syver1606
graft1644
work1649
by-ditch1650
water fence1651
master drain1652
rode1662
pudge1671
gripe1673
sulcus1676
rhine1698
rilling1725
mine1743
foot trench1765
through1777
trench drain1779
trenchlet1782
sunk fence1786
float1790
foot drain1795
tail-drain1805
flow-dike1812
groopa1825
holla1825
thorough drain1824
yawner1832
acequia madre1835
drove1844
leader1844
furrow-drain1858
1832 P. Egan Bk. Sports 220/2 Sir Francis Burdett, sitting erect upon Sampson, and putting his head straight at a yawner.
1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour i. vii. 31 If he attempts to take some of our big banked bullfinches in his stride, with a yawner on each side, [he] will get into grief.
1862 Sporting Mag. June 511 In clearing a yawner The King of the Valley covered the extraordinary space of 31 feet.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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