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  • noun Plural form of ergotism.

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Examples

  • As Sir Thomas Browne said long ago, nations are not governed by ergotisms (or as we should say syllogisms) but by instinct and common sense.

    The Adventure of Living Strachey, John St Loe 1922

  • As Sir Thomas Browne said long ago, nations are not governed by ergotisms (or as we should say syllogisms) but by instinct and common sense.

    The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography John St. Loe Strachey 1893

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