oscitate
English
Etymology
From Latin oscitare, from os (“the mouth”) + citare, v. intens. from ciere (“to move”).
Verb
oscitate (third-person singular simple present oscitates, present participle oscitating, simple past and past participle oscitated)
- To gape; to yawn.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for oscitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- ascot tie
Latin
Participle
oscitāte
- vocative masculine singular of oscitātus