Associations to the word «Tarantism»
Wiktionary
TARANTISM, noun. (obsolete) (medicine) An extreme urge to dance, popularly thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula and prevalent in southern Italy in the 15th through 17th centuries.
Dictionary definition
TARANTISM, noun. A nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the southern European tarantula or wolf spider.
Wise words
Four things come not back. The spoken word, the sped arrow,
the past life, ad the neglected opportunity.