tarantismn.

Brit.

/ˈtarəntɪz(ə)m/,

/ˈtarn̩tɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈtɛrənˌtɪzəm/

Forms: Also 1800s tarentism, and (in Latin form) tarantismus, tarentismus.

Etymology: < modern Latin tarantismus = Italian tarantismo , French tarentisme , < Taranto name of the town (see tarantella n.); but popularly associated with tarantola the tarantula spider, whence sometimes called tarantulism.

A hysterical malady, characterized by an extreme impulse to dance, which prevailed as an epidemic in Apulia and adjacent parts of Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the bite or ‘sting’ of the tarantula. The dancing was sometimes held to be a symptom or consequence of the malady, sometimes practised as a sovereign cure for it.

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mother?c1450

suffocation of the womb, matrix, motherc1550

strangulation of the matrix or womb1601

hysterica passio1603

suffocation (also rising, fit) of the mother1615

hysteric passion1655

tarantism1656

mother-fit1657

rising of the matrix1660

hysteria1757

tarantulism1774

pithiatism1910

mothersickness1993

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > hysteria > tarantism

tarantulaa1586

tarantism1656

tarantulism1774

1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 35 (note) in Poems We should hardly be convinced of this Physick, unless it be in the particular cure of the Tarantism, the experiments of which are too notorious to be denyed or eluded.

1771 Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 237 In Sicily, where the summer is still warmer..the Tarantula is never dangerous, and music is never employed for the cure of the pretended tarantism.

1771 Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 237 People..get a little money, by dancing when they say the tarantism begins.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 432 This form of the disease appears to have a near relation to the tarantismus of Sauvages.

1835 B. G. Babington tr. J. F. C. Hecker Epidemics Middle Ages ii. 71 The origin of tarantism itself is referrible..to a period between the middle and the end of this century, and is consequently contemporaneous with that of the St. Vitus's dance (1374.).

1883 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 296/2 Tarantism may be defined a leaping or dancing mania, originating in, or supposed to originate in, an animal poison... The gesticulations, contortions, and cries somewhat resembled those in St. Vitus's Dance, and other epidemic nervous diseases of the middle ages.

1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 1 Dec. 760/2 The earliest mention of tarantismus is found in the works of Nicolas Perotti, who died in 1480.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tarantism
释义	tarantismn. Brit. /ˈtarəntɪz(ə)m/, /ˈtarn̩tɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈtɛrənˌtɪzəm/ Forms: Also 1800s tarentism, and (in Latin form) tarantismus, tarentismus. Etymology: < modern Latin tarantismus = Italian tarantismo , French tarentisme , < Taranto name of the town (see tarantella n.); but popularly associated with tarantola the tarantula spider, whence sometimes called tarantulism. A hysterical malady, characterized by an extreme impulse to dance, which prevailed as an epidemic in Apulia and adjacent parts of Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the bite or ‘sting’ of the tarantula. The dancing was sometimes held to be a symptom or consequence of the malady, sometimes practised as a sovereign cure for it. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > psychoneurosis > hysteria mother?c1450 suffocation of the womb, matrix, motherc1550 strangulation of the matrix or womb1601 hysterica passio1603 suffocation (also rising, fit) of the mother1615 hysteric passion1655 tarantism1656 mother-fit1657 rising of the matrix1660 hysteria1757 tarantulism1774 pithiatism1910 mothersickness1993 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > hysteria > tarantism tarantulaa1586 tarantism1656 tarantulism1774 1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 35 (note) in Poems We should hardly be convinced of this Physick, unless it be in the particular cure of the Tarantism, the experiments of which are too notorious to be denyed or eluded. 1771 Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 237 In Sicily, where the summer is still warmer..the Tarantula is never dangerous, and music is never employed for the cure of the pretended tarantism. 1771 Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 237 People..get a little money, by dancing when they say the tarantism begins. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 432 This form of the disease appears to have a near relation to the tarantismus of Sauvages. 1835 B. G. Babington tr. J. F. C. Hecker Epidemics Middle Ages ii. 71 The origin of tarantism itself is referrible..to a period between the middle and the end of this century, and is consequently contemporaneous with that of the St. Vitus's dance (1374.). 1883 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 296/2 Tarantism may be defined a leaping or dancing mania, originating in, or supposed to originate in, an animal poison... The gesticulations, contortions, and cries somewhat resembled those in St. Vitus's Dance, and other epidemic nervous diseases of the middle ages. 1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 1 Dec. 760/2 The earliest mention of tarantismus is found in the works of Nicolas Perotti, who died in 1480. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1656
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