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paroxysm |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paroxysm \Par"ox*ysm\, n. [F. paroxysme, Gr ?, fr ? to sharpen, irritate; ? beside, beyond + ? to sharpen, from ? sharp.] 1. (Med.) The fit attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions. --Arbuthnot. 2. Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action a convulsion; a fit The returning paroxysms of diffidence and despair. --South. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: paroxysm n : a sudden uncontrollable attack; "a paroxysm of giggling"; "a fit of coughing" [syn: {fit}]
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