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English
Etymology
From It. tarantella#Italian|tarantella, a diminutive of w:Taranto|Taranto, a town in southern Italy (but popularly associated with tarantola �tarantula�, on the belief that the dance was variously a result of, or cure for, its bite).
Pronunciation
(US) IPA|/�t�r�n�t�l�/
(RP) IPA|/tær�n't�l�/
audio|en-us-tarantella.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-noun
- A rapid dance in 6/8 time, originating in Italy, or a piece of music for such a dance.
Quotations
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1800s=1868 1895|
1900s=1922
1868 � w:Louisa May Alcott|Louisa May Alcott, s:Little Women|Little Women ch. 37
:The set in which they found themselves was composed of English, and Amy was compelled to walk decorously through a cotillion, feeling all the while as if she could dance the tarantella with relish.
1895 � w:Bret Harte|Bret Harte, s:The Devotion of Enriquez|The Devotion of Enriquez
:"A tarantella, I presume?" blandly suggested the doctor.
:Miss Mannersley stopped, and rose carelessly from the piano. "It is a Moorish gypsy song of the fifteenth century," she said dryly.
1922 � w:Walter Lippmann|Walter Lippmann, s: Public Opinion | Public Opinion ch. v
:We learn to understand why our addled minds seize so little with precision, why they are caught up and tossed about in a kind of tarantella by headlines and catch-words, why so often they cannot tell things apart or discern identity in apparent differences.
Related terms
tarantism
Translations
French: tarentelle f
Italian: tarantella#Italian|tarantella
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Russian: �а�ан�елла f
See also
tarantula
Finnish
Noun
tarantella
#a tarantula
Italian
Etymology
Diminutive of w:Taranto|Taranto, a town in southern Italy (but popularly associated with tarantola �tarantula�).
Pronunciation
IPA|/taran't�l:a/
Noun
it-noun|tarantell|f|a|e
- tarantella#English|tarantella
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