miryachit

English

Alternative forms

• myriachit

Etymology

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

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.

Translations

(obsolete) a nervous disorder said to have been encountered in Siberia

• Russian: меря́чение (ru) n (merjáčenije)

Anagrams

• myriachit