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ergotism en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
From ergot + -ism.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The plant disease caused by ergot.
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(countable, uncountable) The effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the fungus Claviceps purpurea which infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ergoline-based drugs, consisting of convulsive and gangrenous symptoms.
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(countable, uncountable) The use of ergot-infested grain to poison animals.
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Synonyms
St. Anthony's fire · ergotoxicosis
ergotism en · NOUN · etymology 2
Etymology
From French ergotisme, from Latin ergo.
Meanings
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A logical deduction.
States are not governed by Ergotisms. Many have Ruled will who could not perhaps define a Commonwealth[…]
c. 1670s (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the section)”, in John Jeffery, editor, Christian Morals, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] [A]t the University-Press, for Cornelius Crownfield printer to the University; and are to be sold by Mr. Knapton […]; and Mr. [John] Morphew […], published 1716, →OCLC:
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Synonyms
verdict · illation · deduction · view · result · inference · award · conclusion · ergotism · mind · judgement/judgment · take · opinion · decision · verdict · conclusion · choice · censure · determination · illation · sight