Pandiculate (verb)
pan-dik-yu-layt
To stretch and yawn on tiredness or upon waking.
First recorded in 1641–20; from Latin pandiculāt(us), past participle of pandiculārī “to stretch oneself,” derivative of pandere “to stretch”
Example sentences
“I watched her wake, sleepily, pandiculate, and ask for coffee.”
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