JACTATION

PRONUNCIATION: (jak-TAY-shuhn)

MEANING: noun:
1. Boasting.
2. Involuntary bodily movements, such as tossing or twitching.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin jactation (tossing, boasting), from jactare (to throw, boast), frequentative of jacere (to throw). Earliest documented use: 1576. Also spelled as jactitation.
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JAVATION - adding coffee flavoring

JA-STATION - a place where all the Germans agree with you automatically

X-ACTATION - carving with a very small, very sharp knife