conniption

[ kuh-nip-shuhn ]

/ kəˈnɪp ʃən /

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noun

Often conniptions. Informal. a fit of hysterical excitement or anger.

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Also called conniption fit .

Origin of conniption

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; origin uncertain

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For his tireless assault on evolutionary biology and downsizing the deity to fit within science, I give Meyer second place.
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Even the queen saw fit to honor him with the Order of the British Empire at Buckingham Palace in 2008.
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All other issues—racial, feminine, even environmental—need to fit around this central objective.
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The weight and power and timelessness of Lana really fit that.
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How has the Internet fit into your experience over the past two weeks?
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Liszt looked at it, and to her fright and dismay cried out in a fit of impatience, "No, I won't hear it!"
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The bear watched him narrowly with its wicked little eyes, though it did not see fit to cease its paw-licking.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
I've seen more cloes on folks' backs hyar, thet wan't no more'n fit for carpet-rags, than any place ever I struck.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
“I went into a great passion and frightened my mother into a fit,” said Wardle.
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To keep the roads fit for travelling on, requires about 60,000 tons of stone per year.
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British Dictionary definitions for conniption

conniption

/ (kəˈnɪpʃən) /

noun

(often plural) US and Canadian slang a fit of rage or tantrums

Word Origin for conniption

C19: arbitrary pseudo-Latin coinage

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see have a fit (conniption).

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