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jactation
[ jak-tey-shuhn ]
noun
- boasting; bragging.
- Pathology. a restless tossing of the body.
jactation
/ æˈٱɪʃə /
noun
- rare.the act of boasting
- pathol another word for jactitation
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jactation1
First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin Ჹپō- (stem of Ჹپō ) “bragging,” equivalent to Ჹ(ܲ) (past participle of Ჹ, frequentative of jacere “to throw”) + -ō- -ion
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jactation1
C16: from Latin Ჹپō bragging, from Ჹ to flourish, from jacere to throw
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Example Sentences
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Associated with this state are swelled throat, rendering deglutition very painful—salivation, cough—occasional vomiting, delirium, sometimes phrenitical, sometimes evidencing itself in low mutterings and jactation.
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