ergotism

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noun

The plant disease caused by ergot.

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OriginFrench ergotisme ← Latin ergo →
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Meanings

ergotism1

nounergotism (countable and uncountable, plural ergotisms)

plural ergotisms

  1. countableuncountableThe plant disease caused by ergot.
  2. countableuncountableThe 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.
  3. countableuncountableThe use of ergot-infested grain to poison animals.

ergotism2

nounergotism (plural ergotisms)

plural ergotisms

  1. 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

    Synonyms: conclusion, illation, verdict, award, censure, choice, opinion, conclusion

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA logical deduction.

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Origin

ergotism · noun

From ergot + -ism.

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ergotism · noun

  1. Latinergo
  2. Frenchergotisme
  3. Englishergotism

From French ergotisme, from Latin ergo.

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

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

Chicago

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

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