- boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation - speaking of yourself in superlatives
--1 is a kind of speech act
--1 has particulars:brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade; braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade; vaunt; self-assertion - jactitation - (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law)
--2 is a kind of lie, prevarication
- jactitation, jactation - (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness
--3 is a kind of restlessness, uneasiness
Derived form: verb jactitate1 - jactitation, jactation - (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness