jactation

American  

[jak-tey-shuhn] / dʒækˈteɪ ʃən /

noun

1. boasting; bragging.

2. Pathology. a restless tossing of the body.

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jactation British  

/ dʒækˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. rare the act of boasting

2. pathol another word for jactitation

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Etymology

Origin of jactation

First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin jactātiōn- (stem of jactātiō ) “bragging,” equivalent to jactāt(us) (past participle of jactāre, frequentative of jacere “to throw”) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

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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