1.22.2009

Thursday word of the day : Pandiculation

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pandiculation
\pan-dik-yuh-LEY-shuhn\, noun:
An instinctive stretching, as on awakening or while yawning

by 1611 from French pandiculation from Latin pandiculari "to stretch oneself" and French suffix -ion.

from Word of the Day by Dictionary.com

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