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Jactitation

Jactitation Meaning & Definition
Jactitation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Jactitation?

[n] (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness
[n] a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law)
[n] speaking of yourself in superlatives

Synonyms | Synonyms for Jactitation: boast | boasting | jactation | self-praise

Related Terms | Find terms related to Jactitation: ague | bluster | boast | boastfulness | boasting | bombast | brag | braggadocio | braggartism | bragging | bravado | bumpiness | chattering | chorea | cold shivers | conceit | fanfaronade | fits and starts | gasconade | gasconism | heroics | jactation | jerkiness | joltiness | palsy | quaking | quavering | quivering | rodomontade | shakes | shaking | shivering | shivers | shuddering | side | spasms | succussion | swagger | trembling | tremulousness | vanity | vaunt | vauntery | vaunting | vibration

See Also | bluster | brag | braggadocio | bragging | crow | crowing | lie | line-shooting | prevarication | restlessness | rhodomontade | rodomontade | self-assertion | speech act | uneasiness | vaporing | vaunt

Jactitation In Webster's Dictionary

\Jac"ti*ta"tion\, n. [L. jactitare to utter in public, from jactare. See {Jactancy}.] 1. (Law) Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim. --Mozley & W. 2. (Med.) A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium. --Dunglison. {Jactitation of marriage} (Eng. Eccl. Law), a giving out or boasting by a party that he or she is married to another, whereby a common reputation of their matrimony may ensue. --Blackstone.

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