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Definition of Jactations
1. jactation [n] - See also: jactation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jactations
Literary usage of Jactations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1903)
"... and frequently grimacing with the risus sardonicus. irregular twitching and
jactations appearing in exacerbations. The reflexes are usually exaggerated, ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1903)
"... and frequently grimacing with the risus sardonicus, irregular twitching and
jactations appearing in exacerbations. The reflexes are usually exaggerated, ..."
3. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1902)
"The "Books" essay begins with one of his familiar jactations of imperfection.
He has some reading, but no faculty of retention. ..."
4. Life and Correspondence of Theodore Parker: Minister of the Twenty-eighth by John Weiss (1864)
"Saturday is one of no little anxiety with me, and I am somewhat given to "jactations "
on that night. This I hope to overcome, and finally to lie as stark ..."
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