| 单词 | oscitancy |
| 释义 | oscitancy (once / 513884 pages) n WORD FAMILY oscitant: oscitancy USAGE EXAMPLESFrom cases of excusable oscitancy they degenerate, either into instances of inexcusable licentiousness, or else into cases of downright fraud. Miller, Edward, The Causes of the Corruption of the...(2010) Its necessary concomitants, are official inattention and oscitancy. Godwin, William, Four Early Pamphlets(2010) 1n an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom he apologized for his oscitancy Syn|Hypo|Hyper oscitance, yawn, yawning pandiculation yawning and stretching (as when first waking up) inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus 2n drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning Syn|Hyper oscitance dullness, obtuseness the quality of being slow to understand drowsiness, sleepiness, somnolencea very sleepy state |
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