jactation

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jactation

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noun jactations

countable, uncountable A tossing or shaking of the body; physical agitation, especially while asleep or confined to bed by illness; jactitation.
countable, uncountable The action of throwing. The projicient hath the stone in his hand, and with force and violence throws his arm, with which jactation the stone doth not move so much as the circumambient Air.
countable, uncountable Boasting; bragging; showing off.

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@misc{jactation_2026,
  title = {jactation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jactation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}