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jactation
[ jak-tey-shuhn ]
noun
- boasting; bragging.
- Pathology. a restless tossing of the body.
jactation
/ 诲萧忙办藞迟别瑟蕛蓹苍 /
noun
- rare.the act of boasting
- pathol another word for jactitation
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of jactation1
First recorded in 1570鈥80; from Latin 箩补肠迟腻迟颈艒苍- (stem of 箩补肠迟腻迟颈艒 ) 鈥渂ragging,鈥 equivalent to 箩补肠迟腻迟(耻蝉) (past participle of 箩补肠迟腻谤别, frequentative of jacere 鈥渢o throw鈥) + -颈艒苍- -ion
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of jactation1
C16: from Latin 箩补肠迟腻迟颈艒 bragging, from 箩补肠迟腻谤别 to flourish, from jacere to throw
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Associated with this state are swelled throat, rendering deglutition very painful鈥攕alivation, cough鈥攐ccasional vomiting, delirium, sometimes phrenitical, sometimes evidencing itself in low mutterings and jactation.
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