"alphabetitis" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From alphabet + -itis.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1741, General Magazine and Historical Chronicle: Vol. XLIV Numb. I.",
          "text": "\"You handle the alphabet like a veteran New Dealer\" — To which I answered — \"God forbid,\" He continued — \"If the audience can survive that attack of 'alphabetitis' they can stand anything.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "1908, The New England Magazine - Volume 37",
          "text": "A case of alphabetitis—or algebritis.",
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          "ref": "1944, The Rotarian - Vol. 64, No. 1",
          "text": "Chemists, you see, are also affected with \"alphabetitis.\"",
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          "ref": "1965, Robert K. Merton, On the Shoulders of Giants",
          "text": "Yet I must not violate the sense of our Aphorism by pretending for even a moment that this puny seizure of alphabetitis is peculiar to our own time.",
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        "Mental weariness or lassitude brought about by an excessive exposure to letters, lettering, or acronyms"
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          "lassitude",
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        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
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          "lettering",
          "lettering"
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  "word": "alphabetitis"
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  "etymology_text": "From alphabet + -itis.",
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          "ref": "1741, General Magazine and Historical Chronicle: Vol. XLIV Numb. I.",
          "text": "\"You handle the alphabet like a veteran New Dealer\" — To which I answered — \"God forbid,\" He continued — \"If the audience can survive that attack of 'alphabetitis' they can stand anything.\"",
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          "ref": "1908, The New England Magazine - Volume 37",
          "text": "A case of alphabetitis—or algebritis.",
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          "text": "Chemists, you see, are also affected with \"alphabetitis.\"",
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          "ref": "1965, Robert K. Merton, On the Shoulders of Giants",
          "text": "Yet I must not violate the sense of our Aphorism by pretending for even a moment that this puny seizure of alphabetitis is peculiar to our own time.",
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