tarantism in English
noun
1
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.
From the 17th century to the 20th there was apparently great communal tarantism , in which whole towns would suddenly give themselves over to wild dancing, and the musicians had a profitable time.
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1. Dancing mania Sydenham's chorea Tanganyika laughter epidemic Tarantism Viegas, Jennifer (1 August 2008).
2. Sardinian Adnations amanitins anatomist animation animators antiarins antiatoms damnation distraint dominants dramatist imitation imitators initiator intromits maintains mandarins mandators natations nitration nonartist radiation sanitoria satiation striation tamarinds tarantism tarnation tradition.