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Traditional English :: taradiddle
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tara.html - n.
(also tarradiddle) colloq.
1 a petty lie.
2 pretentious nonsense. [18th c.: cf. DIDDLE] |
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Traditional English :: taramasalata
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tara.html - n. (also tarama) a pinkish p made from the roe of mullet or other fish with olive oil, seasoning, etc. [mod.Gk taramas roe (f. Turk. tarama) + salata SALAD] |
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Traditional English :: tarantass
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tara.html - n.
a springless four-wheeled Russian vehicle. [Russ. tarantas] |
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Traditional English :: tarantella
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tara.html - n. (also tarantelle) 1 a rapid whirling S. Italian dance. 2 the music for this. [It., f. Taranto in Italy (because the dance was once thought to be a cure for a tarantula bite): cf. TARANTISM] |
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Traditional English :: tarantism
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tara.html - n. hist. dancing mania, esp. that originating in S. Italy among those who had ( actually or supposedly) been bitten by a tarantula. [mod.L tarantismus, It. tarantismo f. Taranto in S. Italy f. L Tarentum] |
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Traditional English :: tarantula
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tara.html - n. 1 any large hairy tropical spider of the family Theraphosidae. 2 a large black S. European spider, Lycosa tarentula, whose bite was formerly held to cause tarantism. [med.L f. It. tarantola (as TARANTISM)] |
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