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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpæɹəksɪz(ə)m/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɛɹəkˌsɪzəm/ [General-American], /pəˈɹɑk-/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paroxysm.wav Forms: paroxysms [plural]
Etymology: From Late Middle English paroxism, paroxisme (“period of worsening of a disease, attack; sudden recurrent fever”), from Middle French paroxisme, paroxysme, and Old French peroxime (“period of worsening of a disease; bout of fever or illness”) (modern French paroxysme), and from their etymon Late Latin paroxismus, paroxysmus (“a fit; onset of a disease; violent impulse or sadness”), from Ancient Greek πᾰροξῠσμός (paroxusmós, “exasperation, irritation; severe fit of a disease”), from πᾰροξῡ́νω (paroxū́nō, “to irritate, provoke”) (from παρα- (para-, prefix meaning ‘parallel to but separate from or going beyond, beside’) + ὀξῡ́νω (oxū́nō, “to provoke; to sharpen”) (from ὀξῠ́ς (oxús, “sharp”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”))) + -μός (-mós, suffix forming abstract nouns). By surface analysis, para- + oxy- + -ism. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|paroxism}} Middle English paroxism, {{der|en|frm|paroxisme}} Middle French paroxisme, {{der|en|fro|peroxime|t=period of worsening of a disease; bout of fever or illness}} Old French peroxime (“period of worsening of a disease; bout of fever or illness”), {{cog|fr|paroxysme}} French paroxysme, {{glossary|etymon}} etymon, {{der|en|LL.|paroxismus}} Late Latin paroxismus, {{der|en|grc|πᾰροξῠσμός|t=exasperation, irritation; severe fit of a disease}} Ancient Greek πᾰροξῠσμός (paroxusmós, “exasperation, irritation; severe fit of a disease”), {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-|t=sharp}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|abstract noun}} abstract noun, {{surf|en|para-|oxy-|-ism}} By surface analysis, para- + oxy- + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} paroxysm (countable and uncountable, plural paroxysms)
  1. (countable, medicine) A period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; a sudden attack of a disease symptom, such as a bout of coughing or a seizure. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: exacervation, fit#Noun 3 Translations (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom): παροξυσμός (paroxusmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), نَوْبَة (nawba) [feminine] (Arabic), պարոքսիզմ (parokʻsizm) (Armenian), նոպա (nopa) (Armenian), пристъп (pristǎp) [masculine] (Bulgarian), paroxisme [masculine] (Catalan), nával [masculine] (Czech), paroksismo (Esperanto), kohtaus (Finnish), paroxysme [masculine] (French), პაროქსიზმი (ṗaroksizmi) (Georgian), Paroxysmus [masculine] (German), παροξυσμός (paroxysmós) [masculine] (Greek), roham (Hungarian), paroxismo (Ido), paroksismal (Indonesian), parossismo [masculine] (Italian), acme [feminine] (Italian), raptus [masculine] (Italian), пароксизм (paroksizm) (Kazakh), 발작 (baljak) (alt: 發作) (Korean), նոպայ (nopay) (Middle Armenian), paroksyzm [masculine] (Polish), paroxismo [masculine] (Portuguese), paroxism [neuter] (Romanian), парокси́зм (paroksízm) [masculine] (Russian), припа́док (pripádok) [masculine] (Russian), thraw (Scots), пароксѝзам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), paroksìzam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), parussìsimu [masculine] (Sicilian), paroxismo [masculine] (Spanish), paroxysm (Swedish), paroksismo (Tagalog), bidbíd (Tagalog), bugso (Tagalog), замару (zamaru) (Udi), заморой (zamoroj) (Udi), пароксизм (paroksyzm) (Ukrainian), ffit [feminine] (Welsh), pwl [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-paroxysm-en-noun-NoBu8laK Categories (other): English terms prefixed with oxy-, English terms prefixed with para- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with oxy-: 20 29 14 29 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with para-: 29 25 14 25 7 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom': 83 7 1 3 6
  2. (by extension)
    (countable) Chiefly followed by of: a sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling; also, the most severe part of an activity or incident; the climax.
    Tags: broadly, countable Synonyms: high point Translations (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling): παροξυσμός (paroxusmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), paroxisme [masculine] (Catalan), nával [masculine] (Czech), záchvat [masculine] (Czech), paroksismo (Esperanto), kohtaus (Finnish), purkaus (Finnish), paroxysme [masculine] (French), შეტევა (šeṭeva) (Georgian), Paroxysmus [masculine] (German), παροξυσμός (paroxysmós) [masculine] (Greek), פרוקסיזום [masculine] (Hebrew), kitörés (Hungarian), néal [masculine] (Irish), taom [masculine] (Irish), parossismo [masculine] (Italian), пароксизам (paroksizam) [masculine] (Macedonian), recht [masculine] (Old Irish), paroksyzm [masculine] (Polish), przystęp [masculine] (Polish), paroxismo [masculine] (Portuguese), парокси́зм (paroksízm) [masculine] (Russian), при́ступ (prístup) [masculine] (Russian), वेग (vega) (Sanskrit), thraw (Scots), пaроксѝзaм [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), paroksìzam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), parussìsimu [masculine] (Sicilian), paroksizem [masculine] (Slovene), paroxismo [masculine] (Spanish), bugso (Tagalog), bulalas (Tagalog), bulalás (Tagalog), ffit [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-paroxysm-en-noun-j6BDrEo2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with oxy-, English terms prefixed with para-, English terms suffixed with -ism, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Middle Armenian translations, Terms with Old Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Scots translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Udi translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 58 3 18 1 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with oxy-: 20 29 14 29 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with para-: 29 25 14 25 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 19 50 8 20 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 72 4 11 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 59 3 15 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 62 3 16 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 16 45 9 22 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 18 56 6 17 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 14 59 6 16 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 15 62 6 14 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 14 60 6 15 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 18 55 6 18 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 15 64 5 14 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 60 6 15 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 61 7 15 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 17 55 6 18 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 64 6 13 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 16 54 6 22 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 14 60 6 15 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 54 5 22 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 15 65 4 14 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 14 59 6 16 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 14 60 6 15 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 15 64 5 14 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 14 59 6 16 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 14 60 6 15 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 14 59 6 16 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle Armenian translations: 10 77 1 10 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Irish translations: 14 60 6 15 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 59 7 14 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 56 6 19 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 14 60 6 15 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 64 5 14 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 15 60 6 15 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Scots translations: 15 61 5 15 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 14 59 6 16 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 14 60 6 15 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 14 59 6 16 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 66 5 14 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 62 6 15 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 14 60 6 15 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Udi translations: 15 60 6 16 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 14 60 6 15 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 15 61 7 15 2 Disambiguation of 'sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling': 9 52 16 8 15
  3. (by extension)
    (countable, archaic) An outburst of a violent argument or disagreement.
    Tags: archaic, broadly, countable Translations (outburst of a violent argument or disagreement): riidan puhkeaminen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-paroxysm-en-noun-GLwUhjkS Categories (other): English terms prefixed with oxy-, English terms prefixed with para- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with oxy-: 20 29 14 29 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with para-: 29 25 14 25 7 Disambiguation of 'outburst of a violent argument or disagreement': 1 10 81 7 1
  4. (by extension)
    (countable, chiefly geology) A violent occurrence of a natural phenomenon, such as an earthquake, thunderstorm, or volcanic eruption; specifically (volcanology), the most explosive event during a series of volcanic eruptions.
    Tags: broadly, countable Categories (topical): Geology, Volcanology Translations (violent occurrence of a natural phenomenon; most explosive event during a series of volcanic eruptions): purkaushuippu (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-paroxysm-en-noun-24FqW1JF Categories (other): English terms prefixed with oxy-, English terms prefixed with para- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with oxy-: 20 29 14 29 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with para-: 29 25 14 25 7 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'violent occurrence of a natural phenomenon; most explosive event during a series of volcanic eruptions': 5 11 7 76 1
  5. (by extension)
    (uncountable, rare) Disastrous or sudden change.
    Tags: broadly, rare, uncountable Translations (disastrous or sudden change): äkkimuutos (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-paroxysm-en-noun-O8zeNoLZ Disambiguation of 'disastrous or sudden change': 6 8 1 1 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: paroxism [obsolete] Derived forms: hyperparoxysm, interparoxysmal, paroxysmal, paroxysmally, paroxysmic, paroxysmist, postparoxysmal, preparoxysmal Related terms: oxymoron, exacerbation [medicine, sciences]

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          "text": "For, Sir, though Ireland is always combustible, Ireland is not always on fire. We must distinguish between the chronic complaints which are to be attributed to remote causes, and the acute attack which is brought on by recent imprudence. For though there is always a predisposition to disease in that unhappy society, the violent paroxysms come only at intervals.",
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          "text": "(climax):"
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          "text": "If prevented by force, the screams she sometimes uttered in her paroxysms of rage were fearful, and must inevitably be heard.",
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          "ref": "1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “In Which Jos Sedley Takes Flight, and the War Is Brought to a Close”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 283:",
          "text": "Her doubts and terrors reached their paroxysm; and the poor girl, who for many hours had been plunged into stupor, raved and ran hither and thither in hysteric insanity—a piteous sight.",
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          "text": "These chants are taken up, more or less, by the audience; sometimes they flag and die away for want of support, sometimes they are continued till they reach a paroxysm, and then abruptly stop.",
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          "text": "Unable to turn his back on the fanged danger and go on, the bull would be driven into paroxysms of rage.",
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          "text": "There, on the soft sand, a few feet away from our elders, we would sprawl all morning, in a petrified paroxysm of desire, and take advantage of every blessed quirk in space and time to touch each other: […]",
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          "ref": "1650, Thomas Fuller, “[The Generall Description of Judea] The Description of Mount Libanus and the Adjacent Countreys”, in A Pisgah-sight of Palestine and the Confines thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament Acted thereon, London: […] J. F. for John Williams […], →OCLC, book I, paragraph 29, page 13:",
          "text": "But the greateſt contention happening here, vvas that Paroxyſme betvvixt Paul and Barnabas, the one as earneſtly refuſing, as the other deſiring the company of John Mark to goe along vvith them.",
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          "text": "By the vvay, it muſt not be forgotten, that in the very midſt of the Paroxiſme betvvixt [Richard] Hooker and [Walter] Travers, the latter ſtil bare (and none can challenge the other to the contrary) a reverend eſteem of his adverſary.",
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          "ref": "1837, Washington Irving, “The Creole Village. A Sketch from a Steamboat.”, in Wolfert’s Roost and Other Papers, […], New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., […], published 1855, →OCLC, page 48:",
          "text": "[A]n election was at hand, which, it was expected, would throw the whole country into a paroxysm.",
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          "text": "The passions which inflame us, the sophisms which delude us, will not last for ever. The paroxysms of faction have their appointed season.",
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          "ref": "a. 1692 (date written), Robert Boyle, “Title XV. Of the Motion of the Air, and of Winds.”, in The General History of the Air, […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1692, →OCLC, page 85:",
          "text": "[T]he Storm had ſeven Paroxyſms or Exacerbations, vvhich the Seamen call Frights of VVeather, […]",
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          "ref": "1702, Joseph Beaumont, “Canto VI. The Humiliation. Stanza 192.”, in Charles Beaumont, editor, Psyche, or Love’s Mystery, […], 2nd edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] University-Press, for Tho[mas] Bennet, […], →OCLC, page 86, column 1:",
          "text": "[W]ith paroxiſms of ſtrange diſmay / Th' amazed Heav'ns ſtood ſtill, Earth's baſis ſhook, / The troubled Ocean roard, the ſtartled Air / In hollovv grones profoundly breath'd its fear.",
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        "en:Medicine"
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        {
          "ref": "1605 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Ben: Ionson His Volpone or The Foxe, [London]: […] [George Eld] for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, Act III, scene v, signature G3, recto:",
          "text": "Againe; I feare a paroxiſme.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1844 February 19 (date delivered), [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “[Speeches.] A Speech Delivered in the House of Commons on the 19th of February 1844.”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC, page 647:",
          "text": "For, Sir, though Ireland is always combustible, Ireland is not always on fire. We must distinguish between the chronic complaints which are to be attributed to remote causes, and the acute attack which is brought on by recent imprudence. For though there is always a predisposition to disease in that unhappy society, the violent paroxysms come only at intervals.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1865, Matthew Arnold, “Heinrich Heine”, in Essays in Criticism, London: Macmillan and Co. […], →OCLC, page 165:",
          "text": "His malady proved to be a softening of the spinal marrow: it was incurable; it made rapid progress. […] [A]ll this, and suffering, besides this, at short intervals, paroxysms of nervous agony.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XLV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, pages 374–375:",
          "text": "The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.",
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        }
      ],
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        ],
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        [
          "attack",
          "attack#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "disease",
          "disease#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "bout",
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        ],
        [
          "coughing",
          "coughing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "seizure",
          "seizure#Noun"
        ]
      ],
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        "(countable, medicine) A period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; a sudden attack of a disease symptom, such as a bout of coughing or a seizure."
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        {
          "word": "exacervation"
        },
        {
          "word": "fit#Noun 3"
        }
      ],
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        "countable"
      ],
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "(climax):"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1650, Thomas Fuller, “ The Description of Egypt”, in A Pisgah-sight of Palestine and the Confines thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament Acted thereon, London: […] J. F. for John Williams […], →OCLC, book II, paragraph 19, page 84:",
          "text": "[H]ere vve may take occaſion, to mention the miſerable condition of the Iſraelites in Egypt, during vvhich time, vvoefull their ſlavery, if vve conſider, the […] Long continuance thereof, tvvo hundred and odde years in the latitude, and fourſcore (from the birth of Moſes) in the Paroxyſme of their bondage.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1704, [Jonathan Swift], “Section XI. A Tale of a Tub.”, in A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], →OCLC, pages 203–204:",
          "text": "[I]n his Paroxyſms, as he vvalked the Streets, he vvould have his Pockets loaden vvith Stones, to pelt at the Signs.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 70:",
          "text": "If prevented by force, the screams she sometimes uttered in her paroxysms of rage were fearful, and must inevitably be heard.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “In Which Jos Sedley Takes Flight, and the War Is Brought to a Close”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 283:",
          "text": "Her doubts and terrors reached their paroxysm; and the poor girl, who for many hours had been plunged into stupor, raved and ran hither and thither in hysteric insanity—a piteous sight.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1875, Matthew Arnold, “A Persian Passion Play”, in Essays in Criticism […], 3rd edition, London; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co. […], →OCLC, page 282:",
          "text": "These chants are taken up, more or less, by the audience; sometimes they flag and die away for want of support, sometimes they are continued till they reach a paroxysm, and then abruptly stop.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1903 July, Jack London, “The Sounding of the Call”, in The Call of the Wild, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 212:",
          "text": "Unable to turn his back on the fanged danger and go on, the bull would be driven into paroxysms of rage.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published August 1958, →OCLC, part 1, page 14:",
          "text": "There, on the soft sand, a few feet away from our elders, we would sprawl all morning, in a petrified paroxysm of desire, and take advantage of every blessed quirk in space and time to touch each other: […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “McWatt”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 61:",
          "text": "He was capable of mighty paroxysms of righteous indignation, and he was indignant as could be when he learned that a C.I.D. man was in the area looking for him.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982 August, John Fowles, Mantissa (A Plume Book), New York, N.Y.: New American Library, published September 1983, →ISBN, pages 32–33:",
          "text": "Indeed in his excitement at this breakthrough he inadvertently dug his nails into the nurse's bottom, a gesture she misinterpreted, so that he had to suffer a paroxysm of breasts and loins in response.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 December 31, Carlotta Gall, Oleksandr Chubko, “In Bucha, a final rampage served as a coda to a month of atrocities”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-09-17:",
          "text": "The Russian soldier left a trail of blood and devastated lives in a last paroxysm of violence only hours before Russian troops began withdrawing.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Chiefly followed by of: a sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling; also, the most severe part of an activity or incident; the climax."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "outburst",
          "outburst#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "violent",
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        ],
        [
          "activity",
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        [
          "feeling",
          "feeling#Noun"
        ],
        [
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        [
          "part",
          "part#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "incident",
          "incident#Noun"
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        ]
      ],
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        "(by extension)",
        "(countable) Chiefly followed by of: a sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling; also, the most severe part of an activity or incident; the climax."
      ],
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          "word": "high point"
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      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1650, Thomas Fuller, “[The Generall Description of Judea] The Description of Mount Libanus and the Adjacent Countreys”, in A Pisgah-sight of Palestine and the Confines thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament Acted thereon, London: […] J. F. for John Williams […], →OCLC, book I, paragraph 29, page 13:",
          "text": "But the greateſt contention happening here, vvas that Paroxyſme betvvixt Paul and Barnabas, the one as earneſtly refuſing, as the other deſiring the company of John Mark to goe along vvith them.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1655, Thomas Fuller, “Section VII. To Mr. Hamond Ward, and Mr. Richard Fuller of London Merchants.”, in The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, book IX, page 217:",
          "text": "By the vvay, it muſt not be forgotten, that in the very midſt of the Paroxiſme betvvixt [Richard] Hooker and [Walter] Travers, the latter ſtil bare (and none can challenge the other to the contrary) a reverend eſteem of his adverſary.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1837, Washington Irving, “The Creole Village. A Sketch from a Steamboat.”, in Wolfert’s Roost and Other Papers, […], New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., […], published 1855, →OCLC, page 48:",
          "text": "[A]n election was at hand, which, it was expected, would throw the whole country into a paroxysm.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1840 January 29 (date delivered), [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “[Speeches.] A Speech Delivered in the House of Commons on the 29th of January 1840.”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC, page 596:",
          "text": "The passions which inflame us, the sophisms which delude us, will not last for ever. The paroxysms of faction have their appointed season.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An outburst of a violent argument or disagreement."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "argument",
          "argument#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "disagreement",
          "disagreement"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension)",
        "(countable, archaic) An outburst of a violent argument or disagreement."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "broadly",
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Geology",
        "en:Volcanology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "a. 1692 (date written), Robert Boyle, “Title XV. Of the Motion of the Air, and of Winds.”, in The General History of the Air, […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1692, →OCLC, page 85:",
          "text": "[T]he Storm had ſeven Paroxyſms or Exacerbations, vvhich the Seamen call Frights of VVeather, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1702, Joseph Beaumont, “Canto VI. The Humiliation. Stanza 192.”, in Charles Beaumont, editor, Psyche, or Love’s Mystery, […], 2nd edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] University-Press, for Tho[mas] Bennet, […], →OCLC, page 86, column 1:",
          "text": "[W]ith paroxiſms of ſtrange diſmay / Th' amazed Heav'ns ſtood ſtill, Earth's baſis ſhook, / The troubled Ocean roard, the ſtartled Air / In hollovv grones profoundly breath'd its fear.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A violent occurrence of a natural phenomenon, such as an earthquake, thunderstorm, or volcanic eruption; specifically (volcanology), the most explosive event during a series of volcanic eruptions."
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        ],
        [
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        [
          "event",
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        "(by extension)",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
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      ],
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        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1893, Alfred Williams Momerie, “The Philosophic and Moral Evidence for the Existence of God”, in John Henry Barrows, editor, The World’s Parliament of Religions: An Illustrated and Popular Story of the World’s First Parliament of Religions, Held in Chicago in Connection with the Columbian Exposition of 1893, volume I, Chicago, Ill.: The Parliament Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 271:",
          "text": "It is manifest that the species themselves are but transmutations of one or a few primordial types, and that they have been created not by paroxysm, but by evolution.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999 April, Stephen Jay Gould, “[Charles] Lyell’s Pillars of Wisdom”, in Bruce Stutz, editor, Natural History, volume 108, number 3, New York, N.Y.: American Museum of Natural History, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 33, column 3:",
          "text": "Catastrophists argued that most geological change occurred in rare episodes of truly global paroxysm, marked by the \"usual suspects\" of volcanism, mountain building, earthquakes, and flooding.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Disastrous or sudden change."
      ],
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        [
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        [
          "change",
          "change#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension)",
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      ],
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈpæɹəksɪz(ə)m/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɛɹəkˌsɪzəm/",
      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/pəˈɹɑk-/",
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    {
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        "obsolete"
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "nawba",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "نَوْبَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "parokʻsizm",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "word": "պարոքսիզմ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nopa",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "word": "նոպա"
    },
    {
      "code": "axm",
      "lang": "Middle Armenian",
      "roman": "nopay",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "word": "նոպայ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pristǎp",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пристъп"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paroxisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nával"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "word": "paroksismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "word": "kohtaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paroxysme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗaroksizmi",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "word": "პაროქსიზმი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Paroxysmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paroxysmós",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "παροξυσμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "paroxusmós",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "παροξυσμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "word": "roham"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "word": "paroxismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "word": "paroksismal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parossismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acme"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "raptus"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "paroksizm",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "word": "пароксизм"
    },
    {
      "alt": "發作",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "baljak",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "word": "발작"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paroksyzm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paroxismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "paroxism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "paroksízm",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "парокси́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pripádok",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "припа́док"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "word": "thraw"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пароксѝзам"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paroksìzam"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parussìsimu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paroxismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "word": "paroxysm"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "word": "paroksismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "word": "bidbíd"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "word": "bugso"
    },
    {
      "code": "udi",
      "lang": "Udi",
      "roman": "zamaru",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "word": "замару"
    },
    {
      "code": "udi",
      "lang": "Udi",
      "roman": "zamoroj",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "word": "заморой"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "paroksyzm",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "word": "пароксизм"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ffit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pwl"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paroxisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nával"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "záchvat"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "word": "paroksismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "word": "kohtaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "word": "purkaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paroxysme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šeṭeva",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "word": "შეტევა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Paroxysmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paroxysmós",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "παροξυσμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "paroxusmós",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "παροξυσμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פרוקסיזום"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "word": "kitörés"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "néal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "taom"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "recht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parossismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "paroksizam",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пароксизам"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paroksyzm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przystęp"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paroxismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "paroksízm",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "парокси́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prístup",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "при́ступ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "vega",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "word": "वेग"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "word": "thraw"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пaроксѝзaм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paroksìzam"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parussìsimu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paroksizem"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paroxismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "word": "bugso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "word": "bulalas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "word": "bulalás"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ffit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "violent occurrence of a natural phenomenon; most explosive event during a series of volcanic eruptions",
      "word": "purkaushuippu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "outburst of a violent argument or disagreement",
      "word": "riidan puhkeaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "disastrous or sudden change",
      "word": "äkkimuutos"
    }
  ],
  "word": "paroxysm"
}

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