tarantella /tar-ən-telˈə/

1. A lively Neapolitan dance (in triplets for one couple), once thought a remedy for tarantism
2. A tune for it

tarˈantism noun (med hist)

An epidemic dancing mania esp prevalent in S Italy from 15c to 17c, popularly thought to be caused by the tarantula bite

• passment
• passmented
• passmenting
• passments
• pass muster
• pass off
• pass on
• pass one's word
• pass out
• passout
• passouts
• pass over
• Passover
• passport
• passports
• pass round the hat
• pass the bottle of smoke
• pass the buck
• pass the mark
• pass the seel of the day
• pass the time of day
• pass through
• pass up
• pass upon
• passus