conniption
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conniption
- /kəˈnɪp.ʃən/
Where it comes from
Since 1833, from American English. Unknown origin, possibly a fanciful alteration of corruption, or maybe related to captious. Alternatively an arbitrary pseudo-Latinism coinage.
noun conniptions
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A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit.
When she came downstairs and saw what her children were eating, she had a conniption.
Similar: tantrum, catfit, conniption, conniption fit, dummy spit, headfit, hissy, hissy fit, meltdown, melty, paddy, shit fit
-
A fit of laughing; convulsion.
The joke was not that funny, but he went into conniptions laughing.
Similar: the giggles
Translations
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noun fit of anger or panic
| Español | ataque de rabia; rabieta |
|---|---|
| Français | crise de colère, crise de panique |
| Deutsch | Anfall, hysterischer Anfall, Wutanfall, Panikattacke |
| Русский | припа́док истерии pripádok isterii, исте́рика istérika, при́ступ гнева prístup gneva |
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title = {conniption},
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