pandiculation

pandiculate +‎ -ion

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

pandiculation (countable and uncountable, plural pandiculations)

1. A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy or on waking, often accompanied by yawning.
   • 1993, John Banville, Ghosts:

     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.

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

• IPA^(key): /pɑ̃.di.ky.la.sjɔ̃/

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pandiculation f (plural pandiculations)

1. pandiculation

• “pandiculation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.