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Added 10 October 2026

conniption

/kəˈnɪp.ʃən/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about conniption at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit.
When she came downstairs and saw what her children were eating, she had a conniption.
A fit of laughing; convulsion.
The joke was not that funny, but he went into conniptions laughing.

Origin

Since 1833, from American English. Unknown origin, possibly a fanciful alteration of corruption, or maybe related to captious. Alternatively an arbitrary pseudo-Latinism coinage.

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