convulsionary
[kuh n-vuhl-shuh-ner-ee]
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adjective
of or affected with convulsion.
noun, plural con·vul·sion·ar·ies.
a person who has convulsions, especially as a result of religious experience.
Origin of convulsionary
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Historical Examples of convulsionary
He was a convulsionary, and his head would be found wedged into tight places whence it could hardly be extracted.
Cock Lane and Common-SenseAndrew Lang
Formerly rude and convulsionary forces were actively at work, to compel chaos into anarchy and anarchy into order.
In the Oregon CountryGeorge Palmer Putnam