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con⋅nip⋅tion

[kuh-nip-shuhn]
–noun
Often, conniptions. Informal. a fit of hysterical excitement or anger.
Also called conniption fit.


Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; orig. uncert.
con·nip·tion   (kə-nĭp'shən)   
n.   Informal
A fit of violent emotion, such as anger or panic. Also called conniption fit.

[Mock Latin, perhaps influenced by snip or snap.]

conniption 
1833, Amer.Eng., origin uncertain; perhaps related to corruption, which was used in a sense of "anger" from 1799, or from Eng. dialectal canapshus "ill-tempered, captious," probably a corruption of captious.

conniption

see have a fit (conniption).

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