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paroxysmal

adj
/pæɹ.əkˈsɪz.məl/US

Etymology

From paroxysm + -al.

  1. derived from *h₂eḱ-✻ — “sharp”
  2. derived from πᾰροξῠσμός — “exasperation, irritation; severe fit of a disease”
  3. derived from paroxismus
  4. derived from peroxime — “period of worsening of a disease; bout of fever or illness”
  5. derived from paroxisme
  6. inherited from paroxism
  7. suffixed as paroxysmal — “paroxysm + al”

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, causing or accompanied by paroxysms.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at paroxysmal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01paroxysmal02paroxysms03paroxysm04seizure05epileptic06epilepsy07convulsions08convulsion

A definitional loop anchored at paroxysmal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at paroxysmal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA