JACTATION


Meaning of JACTATION in English

/jak tay"sheuhn/ , n.

1. boasting; bragging.

2. Pathol. a restless tossing of the body.

[ 1570-80; jactation- (s. of jactatio ) bragging, equiv. to jactat ( us ) (ptp. of jactare, freq. of jacere to throw) + -ion- -ION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .