Lata

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the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A convulsive tic or hysteric neurosis prevalent among Malays, similar to or identical with miryachit and jumping disease, the person affected performing various involuntary actions and making rapid inarticulate ejaculations in imitation of the actions and words of another person.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A form of ‘hysteria’ or nervous disturbance common among the people of Java and other parts of Malaysia, in which they echo or imitate in a silly manner the words or actions of other persons and chatter absurdly.
  • Word Usage
    "I made a pedigree-culture of lata during eight successive generations, pollinating them in different ways, and always obtained cultures which were partly constituted of _lata_ and partly of"
    Equivalent
    latah   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Fatah    Juniata    Mahabharata    Nata    Plata    Renata    Renate    Stigmata    Yamagata    Zapata   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abbreviata    apakvo    kuhikuhi    Spica    f    ictus    comun    metri    latae    prava