Tuesday, 9 July 2013

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Paroxysm

par-ox-ysm



noun :: The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions.



noun :: Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a convulsion; a fit.



"And as they obeyed, Michael strained backward in a paroxysm of rage, making fierce short jumps to the end of the tether as he snarled and growled with utmost fierceness at the steward." --London, Jack

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