oscitant

English

Etymology

From Latin oscitans, oscitantis, present participle of oscitare. Compare French oscitant.

Adjective

oscitant (comparative more oscitant, superlative most oscitant)

  1. yawning; gaping
  2. sleepy; drowsy; sluggish; careless
    He must not be oscitant, but intent on his charge. — Barrow.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 oscitant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

oscitant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of oscitō
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