conniption

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit. informal
    — When she came downstairs and saw what her children were eating, she had a conniption.
  2. A fit of laughing; convulsion.
    — The joke was not that funny, but he went into conniptions laughing.

词形变化

conniptions plural

词源

Since 1833, from American English. Unknown origin, probably a fanciful alteration of corruption etc., or maybe related to captious.
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