jactitation

[ jak-ti-tey-shuhn ]

noun

1. Law. a false boast or claim that causes injury to another.
2. Pathology. jactation ( def 2 ).

jactitation

/ ˌdʒæktɪˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of boasting
2. a false boast or claim that tends to harm another person, esp a false assertion that one is married to another, formerly actionable at law
3. Also calledjactation pathol restless tossing in bed, characteristic of severe fevers and certain mental disorders

Word History and Origins

Origin of jactitation¹

1625–35; < Medieval Latin jactitātiōn- (stem of jactitātiō ) tossing, equivalent to Latin jactitāt ( us ) (past participle of jactitāre, frequentative of jactāre to throw about; jactation ) + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of jactitation¹

C17: from Medieval Latin jactitātiō, from Latin jacitāre to utter publicly, from jactitāre to toss about; see jactation

Example Sentences

Dec. 14th, fresh rose spots; tongue brown and dry; three stools; much jactitation.

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Still, not to be thwarted, she brought a suit of jactitation of marriage, and, by a lavish use of bribes and cajolery, got a sentence from the Ecclesiastical Court which at last set her free.

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That restlessness and jactitation accompany the restoration of nerve function, and that vomiting occurs with returning consciousness.

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Great restlessness and jactitation set in with the renewal of the circulation in the extremities.

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