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Definition of Conniption
1. Noun. A display of bad temper. "He made a scene"
Definition of Conniption
1. Noun. (informal) A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit. ¹
2. Noun. A fit of laughing; convulsion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Conniption
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conniption
Literary usage of Conniption
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"conniption fit. A fit of hysterics. 1833 Ant Keziah fell down in a conniption fit.
... 1842 The Vermont papers are going into conniption fits, because their ..."
2. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1859)
"conniption FIT. This term is exclusively used by the fair sex, ... Ex. " George,
if you keep coming home so late to dinner, I shall have a conniption. ..."
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