tarantaton.
/tarənˈtɑːtəʊ/ rare.
One who has been bitten by a tarantula; one suffering from tarantism.
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1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion vi. 76 Narratives of the effects of Music upon the Tarantati.
1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 23 May in Wks. (1955) VII. 277 The Tarantato that we saw dancing in a circle paced round the room.
1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 23 May in Wks. (1955) VII. 278 None danced but the Tarantata. Her father certainly [was] persuaded that she had her disorder from the Tarantula.
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