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n. - Yawning and stretching (as when first waking up).

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  • These thoughts are the product of centuries of Anglican pew-pandiculation; eat your heart out Pascal.
  • "This morning, right in the middle of my ante-jentacular pandiculation ..."
  • By 1611, from French pandiculation from Latin pandiculari "to stretch oneself" and French suffix - ion.
  • My nephew told me, some years ago, that a little pandiculation was good for you, even before you get out of bed.
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