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tarantism

ta·rant·ism

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An extreme urge to dance, popularly thought to have been caused by the bite of a…An extreme urge to dance, popularly thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula (Lycosa tarantula) and prevalent in southern Italy in the 15th through 17th centuries.

UK/ˈtæɹəntɪzm/US/ˈtæɹənˌtɪzm/

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(незлічуване, зазвичай)An extreme urge to dance, popularly thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula (Lycosa tarantula) and prevalent in southern Italy in the 15th through 17th centuries.
Tanzwut
a nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the southern European tarantula or wolf spider

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an extreme urge to dance thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula:

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From New Latin tarantismus + English -ism (suffix forming nouns of action, process, or res

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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