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oscitance

oscitance noun: oscitancy.

Noun

oscitance (plural oscitances)

  1. oscitancy

Forms of oscitance

pluraloscitances

Origin of oscitance

From Latin oscitans, present participle of ōscitō (“to yawn, gape, open the mouth”), from Latin os (“the mouth”).

Questions about oscitance

What does oscitance mean?
Oscitance means oscitancy.
What part of speech is oscitance?
Oscitance is a noun.
What is the plural of oscitance?
The plural of oscitance is oscitances.

Words near oscitance in the dictionary

  1. oscillotonometric
  2. oscillotonometry
  3. oscine
  4. oscines
  5. oscinine
  6. oscitance
  7. oscitancies
  8. oscitancy
  9. oscitant
  10. oscitantly
  11. oscitate

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