tarantism

tarantism is a 9-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the bite of the tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure except by protracted dancing to appropriate music. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the bite of the tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure except by protracted dancing to appropriate music.
2. noun. a nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the southern European tarantula or wolf spider

Common word forms

tarantisms

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for TARANTISM lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.