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oscitancy

oscitancy noun: the act of yawning.

Noun

oscitancy (plural oscitancies)

  1. the act of yawning
  2. drowsiness, especially when marked by yawning

oscitancy meaning in Tamil

oscitancy in Tamil

கொட்டாவி

Synonyms of oscitancy

Forms of oscitancy

pluraloscitancies

Origin of oscitancy

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

Questions about oscitancy

What does oscitancy mean?
Oscitancy means the act of yawning.
What is oscitancy in Tamil?
Oscitancy in Tamil is கொட்டாவி. See Oscitancy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is oscitancy?
Oscitancy is a noun.
What is the plural of oscitancy?
The plural of oscitancy is oscitancies.

Words near oscitancy in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oscitancy (page history and authors); oscitancy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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