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noun

Jactitation n.

(Law) Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim.

(Med.) A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium.

Jactitation of marriage (Eng. Eccl. Law), 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.

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Etymology of 'Jactitation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Jactitation" Quotes from Famous Books

... N. agitation, stir, tremor, shake, ripple, jog, jolt, jar, jerk, shock, succussion^, trepidation, quiver, quaver, dance; jactitation^, quassation^; shuffling &c v.; twitter, flicker, flutter. turbulence, perturbation; commotion, turmoil, disquiet; tumult, tumultuation^; hubbub, rout, bustle, fuss, racket, subsultus^, staggers, megrims, epilepsy, fits; carphology^, chorea, floccillation^, the jerks, St. Vitus's ...

— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget