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tantalisms

tantalisms is the plural of tantalism.

Meaning of tantalism

Noun

tantalism (countable and uncountable, plural tantalisms)

  1. (dated) tantalization.
    • I dare say will think it a lively representation of a person lying under the torments of such a kind of Tantalism, or Platonic Hell, as that which we have now under consideration.1711 June 23 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “TUESDAY, June 13, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 90; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume I, New...

Questions about tantalisms

What is tantalisms the plural of?
Tantalisms is the plural of tantalism.

Words near tantalisms in the dictionary

  1. tantalises
  2. tantalising
  3. tantalisingly
  4. tantalisings
  5. tantalism
  6. tantalisms
  7. tantalite
  8. tantalites
  9. tantalium
  10. tantalization
  11. tantalizations

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