dartitis

dartitis

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂
Proto-Germanic *darō
Proto-Germanic *-ōþuz
Proto-Germanic *darōþuz
Frankish *darōþubor.
Medieval Latin dardus
Old French dartbor.
Middle English dart
English dart
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.
Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor.
New Latin -itisder.
English -itis
English dartitis

    From dart + -itis.

    Noun

    dartitis (uncountable)

    1. A nervous condition which prevents a darts player from releasing the dart at the optimum moment.

    See also

    References

    • OED 2006

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