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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Someone who has convulsions.
2. 2
   Someone who has convulsions.; One of a group of eighteenth-century fanatics in France who broke into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion. historical

   "the Convulsionists of St. Médard"

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"the Convulsionists of St. Médard"

Etymology

From convulsion + -ist.

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