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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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.