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tarantism

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈtæɹəntɪzm/Part of speech nounSorted aaimnrsttStarts with TEnds with M0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A historical dancing mania once attributed to tarantula bites.

Word origin

From New Latin tarantismus + English -ism (suffix forming nouns of action, process, or result), from Old Italian Taranto (“seaport in southern Italy”) + Latin -ismus (“-ism”); see further at tarantula. The English word is cognate with French tarentisme, Italian tarantismo.

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