Usually means: State of being yawningly tired.
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  1. oscitancy: Merriam-Webster
  2. oscitancy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. oscitancy: Collins English Dictionary
  4. oscitancy: Vocabulary.com
  5. oscitancy: Wordnik
  6. oscitancy: Wiktionary
  7. oscitancy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Oscitancy, oscitancy: Dictionary.com
  9. Oscitancy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. oscitancy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. oscitancy: Rhymezone
  12. Oscitancy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. oscitancy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. oscitancy: FreeDictionary.org
  15. oscitancy: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. oscitancy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. oscitancy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (oscitancy)

▸ noun:  the act of yawning
▸ noun:  drowsiness, especially when marked by yawning

Similar:
oscitation, yawn, jawn, gapes, yawn-sigh, pandiculation, eye-rolling, yawnathon, squinting, Technicolor yawn, more...

Types:
doze, nap, catnap, snooze, somnolence, slumber, more...

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Similar:
oscitation, yawn, jawn, gapes, yawn-sigh, pandiculation, eye-rolling, yawnathon, squinting, Technicolor yawn, more...

Types:
doze, nap, catnap, snooze, somnolence, slumber, more...



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