pandiculation
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy or on waking, often accompanied by yawning.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "If I were a visitor from another planet - but then, am I not a visitor from another planet? - I think that of all the earthlings' quirks it is the act of pandiculation that would surprise and fascinate me most, that slow stretch and then the soundless ape-howl, in which they indulge themselves with such languorous relish."
Etymology
Etymology tree English pandiculate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English pandiculation From pandiculate + -ion.