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jactitation n. 折騰,詐婚訴訟,虛張聲勢 折騰,詐婚訴訟,虛張聲勢 jactitation n 1: speaking of yourself in superlatives [synonym: {boast}, {boasting}, {self-praise}, {jactitation}] 2: (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law) 3: (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness [synonym: {jactitation}, {jactation}] Jactitation \Jac"ti*ta"tion\, n. [L. jactitare to utter in public, from jactare. See {Jactancy}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Law) Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim. --Mozley & W. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster] {Jactitation of marriage} (Eng. Eccl. Law), a giving out or boasting by a party that he or she is married to another, whereby a common reputation of their matrimony may ensue. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] 45 Moby Thesaurus words for "jactitation": ague, bluster, boast, boastfulness, boasting, bombast, brag, braggadocio, braggartism, bragging, bravado, bumpiness, chattering, chorea, cold shivers, conceit, fanfaronade, fits and starts, gasconade, gasconism, heroics, jactation, jerkiness, joltiness, palsy, quaking, quavering, quivering, rodomontade, shakes, shaking, shivering, shivers, shuddering, side, spasms, succussion, swagger, trembling, tremulousness, vanity, vaunt, vauntery, vaunting, vibration JACTITATION. OF MARRIAGE, Eng. eccl. law. The boasting by an individual that
he or she has married another, from which it may happen that they will acquire the reputation of being married to each other. 2. The ecclesiastical courts may in such cases entertain a libel by the party injured; and, on proof of the facts, enjoin the wrong-doer to perpetual silence; and, as a punishment, make him pay the costs. 3 Bl. Com. 93; 2 Hagg. Cons. R. 423 Id. 285; 2 Chit. Pr. 459.
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