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con⋅nip⋅tion
[kuh-nip-shuh
n] 
–noun
| Often, conniptions. Informal. a fit of hysterical excitement or anger. |
Also called conniption fit.
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1825–35, Americanism; orig. uncert.
1825–35, Americanism; orig. uncert.
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| 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.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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conniption
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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