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miryachit

miryachit noun: a nervous disorder said to have been encountered in Siberia, characterized by a jumping tic and the involuntary imitation of the words and actions of other people.

Noun

miryachit (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A nervous disorder said to have been encountered in Siberia, characterized by a jumping tic and the involuntary imitation of the words and actions of other people.

Forms of miryachit

alternative formmyriachit

Origin of miryachit

Borrowed from Russian миря́чить (mirjáčitʹ), меря́чить (merjáčitʹ) or эмиря́чить (emirjáčitʹ, “to suffer from a special nervous disorder”).

Questions about miryachit

What does miryachit mean?
Miryachit means a nervous disorder said to have been encountered in Siberia, characterized by a jumping tic and the involuntary imitation of the words and actions of other people.
What part of speech is miryachit?
Miryachit is a noun.

Words near miryachit in the dictionary

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  8. Miryang dog
  9. mirza
  10. mirza ghasemi
  11. Mirzakhanian

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