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Daily Archives: January 2, 2004
Tarantism
PRONUNCIATION: (TAR-uhn-tih-zuhm) http://wordsmith.org/words/tarantism.mp3 MEANING: (noun) A dancing mania or malady of late medieval Europe. ETYMOLOGY: Between the 15th and 17th centuries, Taranto, Italy was afflicted by a malady that would come to be known as “tarantism,” characterized by a hysterical … Continue reading