Words at Play : 12 Oversized Words
Definition:
: a stretching and stiffening especially of the trunk and extremities (as when fatigued and drowsy or after waking from sleep)
Example:
"It first threatens by the usual warnings of sense of coldness, alternating with heat, pandiculation and yawning; and with sometimes a higher degree of exhilaration of spirits." — Robert Hamilton, Remarks on Hydrophobia, 1798
About the Word:
Some people find, when waking in the morning, that the first thought that comes to mind is an unwelcome one; something to do with the onerous tasks that lie ahead in the day, or the regrettable choices that were made the night before. No more! Now, when you open your eyes and stretch sleep-stiffened limbs you can instead think 'there's a word for that...'
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