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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. showing lack of attention or boredom;
- Example: "the yawning congregation"
[syn: drowsy, oscitant, yawning(a)]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Oscitant \Os"ci*tant\, a. [L. oscitans, -antis, p. pr. of oscitare: cf. F. oscitant.] 1. Yawning; gaping. [1913 Webster] 2. Sleepy; drowsy; dull; sluggish; careless. [1913 Webster] He must not be oscitant, but intent on his charge. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

oscitant adj 1: showing lack of attention or boredom; "the yawning congregation" [syn: drowsy, oscitant, yawning(a)]