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jactitation

 (n): speaking of yourself in superlatives
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4 months ago chained_bear said:

"'Well, sir, this is the second day of the first stadium, and we may expect a diminution of the animal heat—increasing restlessness and jactitation... And although the muscular pains and heavy sweats of yesterday diminish, the patient grows increasingly despondent.'"
--P. O'Brian, The Commodore, 228

8 months ago technomom said: jactitation

a tossing to and fro or jerking and twitching of the body

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