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2 definitions found
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Tar·ant·ism
n.
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
be
incapable
of
cure
except
by
protracted
dancing
to
appropriate
music
. [
Written
also
tarentism
.]
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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Tar·ent·ism
n.
See
Tarantism
.
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