Definition of Jactitation

1. Noun. Speaking of yourself in superlatives.

Exact synonyms: Boast, Boasting, Self-praise
Generic synonyms: Speech Act
Specialized synonyms: Brag, Bragging, Crow, Crowing, Gasconade, Line-shooting, Vaporing, Bluster, Braggadocio, Rhodomontade, Rodomontade, Vaunt, Self-assertion
Derivative terms: Boast

2. Noun. (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law).
Generic synonyms: Lie, Prevarication
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law

3. Noun. (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness.
Exact synonyms: Jactation
Generic synonyms: Queasiness, Restlessness, Uneasiness
Category relationships: Pathology
Derivative terms: Jactitate

Definition of Jactitation

1. n. Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim.

Definition of Jactitation

1. Noun. bragging or boasting, especially in a false manner to another's detriment ¹

2. Noun. (medicine) extreme restlessness; tossing and turning in bed ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jactitation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Jactitation

1. 1. Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim. 2. A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium. Jactitation of marriage, a giving out or boasting by a party that he or she is married to another, whereby a common reputation of their matrimony may ensue. Origin: L. Jactitare to utter in public, from jactare. See Jactancy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jactitation

jacobus
jacobuses
jaconet
jaconets
jacquard
jacquards
jacqueminot
jacqueminots
jacquerie
jacqueries
jacquesdietrichite
jactancy
jactation
jactations
jactitate
jactitation (current term)
jactitations
jaculate
jaculated
jaculates
jaculating
jaculation
jaculations
jaculator
jaculators
jacupirangite
jacupirangites
jacuzzied
jacuzzies

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