jactation

[ jak-tey-shuhn ]

noun

1. boasting; bragging.
2. Pathology. a restless tossing of the body.

jactation

/ dʒækˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. rare.
   the act of boasting
2. pathol another word for jactitation

Word History and Origins

Origin of jactation¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of jactation¹

C16: from Latin jactātiō bragging, from jactāre to flourish, from jacere to throw

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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