See Also: jactitation(medicine)
jactitation(dictionary)

jactitation (iou)



jactitation noun. M17.
[medieval Latin jactitatio(n-) false declaration tending to someone's detriment, from Latin jactitare bring forward in public, utter, (later) boast, frequentative of jactare: see JACTATION, -ATION. In sense 2 app. an expressive extension of JACTATION 2.]
Public display or declaration, esp. of a boastful nature; boasting, bragging. Now rare or obsolete exc. in jactitation of marriage below. M17.
jactitation of marriage Law false declaration that one is married to a specified person.
Medicine. Orig., = JACTATION 2. Now, convulsive movement of a limb, muscle, or muscle group. M17.