itis

== English == === Etymology === Back-formation from -itis (“disease characterized by inflammation”). Compare phobia, from -phobia, sophy, from -sophy, ism, from -ism, and ana, from -ana. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaɪtɪs/ === Noun === itis (plural itises) (informal) A medical condition accompanied by inflammation. 1973, April 16, “Scorecard”, Robert W. Creamer ed., in Sports Illustrated “. . . Arthritis, tendinitis and all those other itises will eventually catch up with you.” (informal, Caribbean, usually preceded by the) Food coma. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) === References === “itis”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. === Anagrams === IIST, IITs, SITI, is it == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈiː.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.tis] === Verb === ītis second-person plural present active indicative of eō === References === “itis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press == Old High German == === Alternative forms === idis === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *idisi, from Proto-Germanic *idisiz. Cognate to Old English ides, Old Saxon idis, Old Norse dís. === Noun === itis f woman 9th century, First Merseburg charm: ==== Usage notes ==== The term's context in the Merseburg charm and its cognates suggest that the term may initially have had magical and/or poetic connotations. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Itis (given name) === References === Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 6th edition