| jactitation | 1. Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim. 2. <medicine> 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) |
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