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Jactitation

noun
1.
Speaking of yourself in superlatives.  Synonyms: boast, boasting, self-praise.
2.
(law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law).
3.
(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness.  Synonym: jactation.






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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



Words linked to "Jactitation" :   gasconade, rhodomontade, bluster, restlessness, speech act, self-assertion, jactitate, vaporing, lie, brag, law, braggadocio, vaunt, crowing, uneasiness, pathology, crow, bragging, rodomontade, jurisprudence, prevarication, queasiness, line-shooting



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