noun
tarantism
Tarantism (noun) means an uncontrollable urge to dance, once believed in parts of Italy to be caused by a tarantula's bite.
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An uncontrollable urge to dance, once believed in parts of Italy to be caused by a tarantula's bite.
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Etymology
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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"tarantism" (noun) means an uncontrollable urge to dance, once believed in parts of Italy to be caused by a tarantula's bite.
