jactitation noun. [dʒaktɪ'teɪʃ(ǝ)n] 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.]
1. 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.

2. Medicine. Orig., = JACTATION 2. Now, convulsive movement of a limb, muscle, or muscle group. M17.

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