dartitis

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noun

A nervous condition which prevents a darts player from releasing the dart at the optimum moment.

OriginEnglish dart ← Middle English dart ← Old French dart →
Scrabble 9
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Meanings

noundartitis (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA nervous condition which prevents a darts player from releasing the dart at the optimum moment.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰerh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰórh₃-eh₂
  3. Proto-Germanic*darō
  4. Proto-Germanic*darōþuz
  5. Frankish*darōþ
  6. Medieval Latindardus
  7. Old Frenchdart
  8. Middle Englishdart
  9. Englishdart
  10. Englishdartitis

From dart + -itis.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

triadistdistrait
Cite this entry
APA

dartitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dartitis

MLA

“dartitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dartitis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dartitis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dartitis.

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