English-Thai Dictionary
tarantism
N การเต้นรำ อย่าง บ้าคลั่ง ที่ เชื่อ ว่า เกิด จาก การถูก แมงมุม พิษ ตัว ใหญ่ กัด (tarantula tarentism
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TARANTISM
Tar "ant *ism, n. Etym: [It. tarantismo: cf. F. tarentisme. See Tarantula. ] (Med. )
Defn: 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 protraced dancing to appropriate music. [Written also tarentism. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
tarantism
tar ant ism |ˈtarənˌtizəm ˈtɛrənˌtɪzəm | ▶noun a psychological illness characterized by an extreme impulse to dance, prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, and widely believed at the time to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Italian tarantismo, from the name of the seaport Taranto, after which the tarantula is also named. Compare with tarantella .
Oxford Dictionary
tarantism
tarantism |ˈtar (ə )nˌtɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a psychological illness characterized by an extreme impulse to dance, prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, and widely believed at the time to be caused by the bite of a tarantula. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Italian tarantismo, from the name of the seaport Taranto, after which the tarantula is also named. Compare with tarantella .
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