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Definition: Jactation |
JactationNoun1. (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Jactation \Jac*ta"tion\, noun. [Latin expression jactatio, from jactare: af. French jactation. See Jactancy.]. (references) |
Synonym: JactationSynonym: jactitation (n). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "jactation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | mburrje (arrogance, bluster, boast, bounce, brag, braggery, bravado, fanfaronade, gasconade, hokum, jactitation, puff, rodomontade, splurge, swank, talk big, vainglory, vaunt). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | самохвалство (bluster, boast, boastfulness, bounce, brag, braggadocio, braggery, bragging, bull, fanfaronade, ostentation, rodomontade, splurge, swagger, vainglory, vaunt), конвулсии (jactitation), мятане (cast, fling, flounce, hurl, jactitation, projection, shy, throw, toss). (various references) | |
Czech | neklid (alarm, anxiety, discomfort, disquiet, ferment, inquietude, jactitation, malaise, uneasiness, unrest, worry). (various references) | |
Danish | jaktation. (various references) | |
Dutch | jactatio, jactatie. (various references) | |
French | jactation. (various references) | |
German | Jaktation, Jactatio, lactatio. (various references) | |
Greek | ριπτασμός, νευρική διαταραχή (shell shock), ανησυχία (anxiety, apprehension, concern, concernment, dismay, disquiet, disquietude, inquietude, nervousness, restlessness, trouble, uneasiness, unrest, worriment, worry). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kérkedés (bluster, brag, bragging, magniloquence, ostentation, parade, show-off, swashbuckling, vaunt). (various references) | |
Italian | iactazione. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | actationjay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | jactação (jactitation). (various references) | |
Russian | хвастовство (big talk, blague, blowing, boast, brag, braggery, bragging, bravado, gasconade, jactitation, ostentation, rodomontade, swank, vaunt). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | hvalisanje (bluster, boasting, brag, braggadocio, braggery, bragging, fanfaronade, gasconade, jactitation, ostentation, vaunt). (various references) | |
Spanish | jactización, jactancia (boast, boastfulness, boasting, brag, swagger, vaunt), jactación. (various references) | |
Swedish | skryt (blague, boast, brag, cockalorum, fanfaronade, rodomontade, swagger, swank, vaunt). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | судорожне сіпання (jactitation, jerk), хвастощі (blow, blowing, boast, boasting, bounce, brag, braggery, bravadoes, display, flash, gasconade, jactitation, ostent, ostentation, rodomontade), чванство. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "jactation" (pronounced 'Jac*ta"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-j-n-o-t-t" | |
-2 letters: taction. | |
-3 letters: action, anatto, atonic, attain, cation, intact, octant. | |
-4 letters: actin, antic, attic, cajon, canto, coati, cotan, cotta, joint, octan, ontic, tacit, taint, tanto, tinct, titan, tonic. | |
-5 letters: acta, anoa, anta, anti, cain, cant, ciao, cion, coat, coin, coni, icon, into, iota, jato, jiao, join, jota, naoi, nota, otic, taco, tact, tain, tint, toit. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-j-n-o-t-t" | |
+2 letters: jactitation. | |
+3 letters: jactitations. | |
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