Post by t-bob on Jun 2, 2019 10:25:13 GMT -5
noun
1. boasting; bragging.
Quotes
Judge of my mortification, t'other day, when in a moment of jactation, I boasted of being born in that illustrious, ancient, and powerful kingdom! -- Robert Murray Keith to his sisters, April 10, 1971, in Memoirs and Correspondence of Sir Robert Murray Keith, K.B., Vol. 2, 1849 Others see in them merely the jactation of a limited wit, which is nothing more. -- George Saintsbury, A Short History of French Literature, 5th ed., 1901
Origin
Jactation comes straight from the Latin noun jactātiōn- (the inflectional stem of jactātiō) “a flinging or throwing about, a shaking or jolting, tossing of the waves at sea,” and by extension, “frequent changing of one’s mind or attitude, boastfulness, grounds for boasting.” Jactātiō is a derivative of the verb jactāre “to throw, hurl, toss,” a frequentative verb from jacere “to throw, toss, sow (seed), cast (anchor).” Jactation entered English in the 16th century.
1. boasting; bragging.
Quotes
Judge of my mortification, t'other day, when in a moment of jactation, I boasted of being born in that illustrious, ancient, and powerful kingdom! -- Robert Murray Keith to his sisters, April 10, 1971, in Memoirs and Correspondence of Sir Robert Murray Keith, K.B., Vol. 2, 1849 Others see in them merely the jactation of a limited wit, which is nothing more. -- George Saintsbury, A Short History of French Literature, 5th ed., 1901
Origin
Jactation comes straight from the Latin noun jactātiōn- (the inflectional stem of jactātiō) “a flinging or throwing about, a shaking or jolting, tossing of the waves at sea,” and by extension, “frequent changing of one’s mind or attitude, boastfulness, grounds for boasting.” Jactātiō is a derivative of the verb jactāre “to throw, hurl, toss,” a frequentative verb from jacere “to throw, toss, sow (seed), cast (anchor).” Jactation entered English in the 16th century.