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jactation
[ jak-tey-shuhn ]
noun
- boasting; bragging.
- Pathology. a restless tossing of the body.
jactation
/ »åÏôæ°ìˈ³Ù±ðɪʃə²Ô /
noun
- rare.the act of boasting
- pathol another word for jactitation
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of jactation1
First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin Âá²¹³¦³ÙÄå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of Âá²¹³¦³ÙÄå³Ù¾±Å ) “bragging,†equivalent to Âá²¹³¦³ÙÄå³Ù(³Ü²õ) (past participle of Âá²¹³¦³ÙÄå°ù±ð, frequentative of jacere “to throwâ€) + -¾±Å²Ô- -ion
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of jactation1
C16: from Latin Âá²¹³¦³ÙÄå³Ù¾±Å bragging, from Âá²¹³¦³ÙÄå°ù±ð to flourish, from jacere to throw
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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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