conniption

conniption

English

WOTD – 21 January 2009

Etymology

Since 1833, from American English. Unknown origin, perhaps related to corruption or captious.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈnɪp.ʃən/

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Noun

conniption (plural conniptions)

1. (informal) A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit.
   • 2001, Slipknot, "My Plague", Iowa.

     I'm in conniptions for the final act you came here for

   When she came downstairs and saw what her children were eating, she had a conniption.

   ...threatened by the conniptions gripping Wall Street (Businessweek Oct.20, 2008)

2. A fit of laughing; convulsion.

   The joke was not that funny, but he went into conniptions laughing.

Synonyms

• (fit of anger or panic): see Thesaurus:tantrum

Translations

fit of anger or panic

Bulgarian: истерия (bg) f (isterija) Czech: záchvat m Dutch: woedeuitbarsting Finnish: kohtaus (fi) French: crise de colère f – crise de panique f Galician: ataque de ansiedade f, ataque de histeria f, ataque de pánico f

German: Anfall (de) m, hysterischer Anfall m, Wutanfall (de) m Norwegian: fnatt n, raserianfall n Russian: припа́док истерии m (pripádok isterii), исте́рика (ru) f (istérika), при́ступ гнева m (prístup gneva) Serbo-Croatian: histerični napad m Swedish: damp (sv), dille (sv), fnatt (sv), tuppjuck (sv), frispel

fit of laughing

Czech: záchvat m Dutch: slappe lach Finnish: kohtaus (fi)

French: crise (f.) de fou-rire (m.) German: Lachanfall (de) m Norwegian: latterkrampe f, lattis (no)/lættis (no) m (slang)