oscitant
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin oscitans, oscitantis, present participle of oscitare: compare French oscitant.
Adjective [edit]
oscitant (comparative more oscitant, superlative most oscitant)
- yawning; gaping
- sleepy; drowsy; sluggish; careless
- He must not be oscitant, but intent on his charge. — Barrow.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
