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paroxysms

Postby KatyBr » Wed Aug 03, 2005 2:22 pm

paroxysm \PAIR-uhk-siz-uhm\, noun:
1. (Medicine) A sudden attack, intensification, or recurrence of a disease.
2. Any sudden and violent emotion or action; an outburst; a fit.

But when he's on target -- and more often than not he is -- he can send you into paroxysms of laughter.
--William Triplett, "Drawing Laughter From a Well of Family Pain," Washington Post, June 13, 2002

Dickens had a paroxysm of rage: 'Bounding up from his chair, and throwing his knife and fork on his plate (which he smashed to atoms), he exclaimed: "Dolby! your infernal caution will be your ruin one of these days!"'
--Edmund Wilson, "Dickens: The Two Scrooges," The Atlantic, April/May 1940

Mrs. Bumble, seeing at a glance that the decisive moment had now arrived, and that a blow struck for mastership on one side or another, must necessarily be final and conclusive, dropped into a chair, and with a loud scream that Mr. Bumble was a hard-hearted brute, fell into a paroxysm of tears.
--Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
Whenever Jerry(?) insists he has to one-up-me it throws me into a paroxysms of laughter and sometimes Pique (fits of)!

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Postby Slava » Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:00 pm

Done twice now, but a great word:

http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/word/paroxysm

I had paroxysms of pleasure over some shrimp scampi a couple of weeks ago. Yum.
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Postby LukeJavan8 » Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:24 pm

It's funny how a word can go from "onset of illness" to
paroxysm of pleasure from eating scampi. I had a
similar paroxysm of pleasure yesterday with a positively
philly steak sandwich at a new restaurant with a friend
I had not seen in months. Paroxysm - good word for
such a pleasing experience.
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Postby Bailey » Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:13 pm

shall I draw your sheep inside a snake?

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Postby LukeJavan8 » Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:50 pm

Please!
Ah another St.Exupery fan??
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