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Adventures in Etymology – Yawning Hiatus

Radio Omniglot by Simon Ager

Aug 22, 20262:08Education

In this Adventure in Etymology we discover what links the word hiatus with yawning. A hiatus [haɪˈeɪtəs / hɐˈjaː.t̪ʊs] is a gap in a series, making it incomplete; an interruption, break, pause or absence; a temporary bre...

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