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01 Sep 06

A.Word.A.Day -- tarantism


  • tarantism (TAR-uhn-tiz-uhm) noun


    An uncontrollable urge to dance.


    [After Taranto, a town in southern Italy where this phenomenon was experienced
    during the 15-17th centuries. It's not clear whether tarantism was the symptom
    of a spider's bite or its cure, or it may have been just a pretext to dodge a
    prohibition against dancing. The names of the dance tarantella and the spider
    tarantula are both derived from the same place.]

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