- tarantism
- an urge to overcome melancholy by dancing
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
tarantism
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Tarantism — is an alleged, possibly deadly envenomation, popularly believed to result from the bite of a kind of wolf spider called a tarantula ( Lycosa tarentula ). (These spiders are different from the broad class of spiders called Tarantulas .) The… … Wikipedia
tarantism — tarantísm s. n. Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic TARANTÍSM s.n. (med.) Manifestare isterică convulsivă, atribuită muşcăturii de păianjen. [< it. tarantismo]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN TARANTÍSM… … Dicționar Român
Tarantism — Tar ant*ism, n. [It. tarantismo: cf. F. tarentisme. See {Tarantula}.] (Med.) A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the bite of the tarantula, and considered to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tarantism — [tar′ən tiz΄əm] n. [It tarantismo: because formerly epidemic in the vicinity of TARANTO; pop. assoc. with the tarantula, by whose bite it was erroneously said to be caused] a nervous disease characterized by hysteria and popularly believed to be… … English World dictionary
Tarantism — A dancing mania or malady of 15th to 17th century Europe. This extraordinary affliction was associated with melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance. It was thought to result from the bite of the tarantula spider. Dancing off the … Medical dictionary
Tarantism (album) — Infobox Album Name = Tarantism Type = Studio album Artist = Tito Tarantula Released = 1997 Recorded = NRG, Coney Island, Jackson Browne s, Tito s, Sonora, One On One Genre = Length = 45:36 Label = Cockroach Records Producer = Tito Larriva Robert… … Wikipedia
tarantism — noun Etymology: New Latin tarantismus, from Taranto, Italy Date: circa 1656 a dancing mania or malady of late medieval Europe … New Collegiate Dictionary
tarantism — tarantist, n. /tar euhn tiz euhm/, n. a mania characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance, esp. as prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the bite of the tarantula. Also, tarentism. Cf.… … Universalium
tarantism — n. disorder characterized by an unnatural desire to dance and thought to be caused by a tarantula s bite (prevalent in Italy during the 15th and 17th centuries) … English contemporary dictionary
tarantism — [ tar(ə)nˌtɪz(ə)m] noun a psychological illness characterized by an extreme impulse to dance, prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th centuries and formerly believed to be caused by the bite of a tarantula. Origin C17: from Ital.… … English new terms dictionary
tarantism — tar·an·tism … English syllables
