oscitancy
Britishnoun
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the state of being drowsy, lazy, or inattentive
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the act of yawning
Other Word Forms
- oscitant adjective
Etymology
Origin of oscitancy
C17: from Latin oscitāre to gape, yawn
Example Sentences
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Nothing else has evidently happened but that, through the oscitancy of some very early scribe, the ΙσκαριωΤΗΝ, ΙσκαριωΤΗ, have been attracted into concord with the immediately preceding genitive ΣΙμωΝΟΣ ...
From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward
Its necessary concomitants, are official inattention and oscitancy.
From Four Early Pamphlets by Godwin, William
From cases of excusable oscitancy they degenerate, either into instances of inexcusable licentiousness, or else into cases of downright fraud.
From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward
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