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)

1. (archaic) To gape or yawn.

Related terms

• oscitation

References

• “oscitate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ascot tie

Latin

Participle

oscitāte

1. vocative masculine singular of oscitātus