Meanings
nounjactation (countable and uncountable, plural jactations)
plural jactations
- countableuncountableA tossing or shaking of the body; physical agitation, especially while asleep or confined to bed by illness; jactitation.
- countableuncountableThe 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.
1662: Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two) - countableuncountableBoasting; bragging; showing off.
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness
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