Definition of Oscitation. Meaning of Oscitation. Synonyms of Oscitation

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Definition of Oscitation

Oscitation
Oscitation Os`ci*ta"tion, n. [L. oscitatio: cf. F. oscitation.] The act of yawning or gaping. --Addison.

Meaning of Oscitation from wikipedia

- experience yawning. The study of yawning is called chasmology. Yawning (oscitation) most often occurs in adults immediately before and after sleep, during...
- intraoral, oral, oration, orator, oratorio, oratory, ****, oscitate, oscitation, osculant, oscular, oscularity, osculate, osculation, osculator, osculatory...
- believed some common signs of female hysteria were "tears and laughter, oscitation [yawning], pandiculation (stretching and yawning), suffocating angina...