pandiculation

English

Joseph Ducreux pandiculating; self-portrait ca 1783

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Etymology

pandiculate +‎ -ion

Noun

pandiculation (plural pandiculations)

1. A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy or on waking, often accompanied by yawning.

Translations

stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities as when fatigued and drowsy

Dutch: zich uitrekken (nl) Icelandic: syfjuteygjur (is) f. pl., morgunteygjur (is) f. pl.

Italian: stendersi (it)

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.