Definition of jactitation Jactitation
jac•ti•ta•tion
We found 9 definitions of jactitation from 5 different sources.
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What does jactitation mean?
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NounPlural: jactitations |
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| jactitation - (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness | ||
| jactation | ||
| queasiness, restlessness, uneasiness a mild state of nausea | ||
| pathology the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases | ||
| jactitation - (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law) | ||
| lie, prevarication a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth | ||
| jactitation - speaking of yourself in superlatives | ||
| boast, boasting, self-praise | ||
| speech act the use of language to perform some act | ||
| brag, bragging, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing, crow an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" | ||
| braggadocio, rhodomontade, rodomontade, bluster vain and empty boasting | ||
| vaunt extravagant self-praise | ||
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Wiktionary 
- jactitation (Noun)
bragging or boasting, especially in a false manner to another's detriment. - jactitation (Noun)
Extreme restlessness; tossing and turning in bed.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- jactitation (n.)
Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim. - jactitation (n.)
A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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jactitation
(of marriage), jak-ti-tā′shun, n. a false pretence of being married to another. [L. jactitāre, -ātum, to brag, freq. of jactāre, to throw.]
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🔤- jactitation, noun, singular of jactitations.
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