venditation

English

Etymology

From Latin venditatio, from venditare, venditatum (“to offer again and again for sale”), v. freq. of vendere. See vend.

Noun

venditation (usually uncountable, plural venditations)

1. (obsolete) boastfulness; showing off.
   • 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter‎^[1]:

     And some, by a cunning protestation against all reading, and false venditation of their own naturals, think to divert the fagacity of their readers from themselves

References

• “venditation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• adventition