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jactitation (2)

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
jactitation2 /ˌjaktəˈtāSH(ə)n, ˌdʒæktəˈteɪʃ(ə)n /
▸ noun
– PHRASES
jactitation of marriage archaic
false declaration that one is married to a specified person.
– ORIGIN late 17th century : from medieval Latin jactitatio(n-) ‘false declaration’, from Latin jactitare ‘to boast’.