miryachit
English
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Russian миря́чить (mirjáčitʹ), меря́чить (merjáčitʹ) or эмиря́чить (emirjáčitʹ, “to suffer from a special nervous disorder”).
Noun
editmiryachit (uncountable)
- (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.
Translations
edit(obsolete) a nervous disorder said to have been encountered in Siberia
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