oscitancy

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

OS'CITANCY, noun [Latin oscito, to yawn, from os, the mouth.] 1. The act of gaping or yawning. 2. Unusual sleepiness; drowsiness; dullness. It might proceed from the oscitancy of transcribers.
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