convulsionist
convulsionist · convulsionists
Someone who has convulsionsSomeone who has convulsions.
Meaning
2 sensesSomeone who has convulsions.
Someone who has convulsions.
(historical)One of a group of eighteenth-century fanatics in France who broke into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion.
the Convulsionists of St. Médard
Origin
From convulsion + -ist.From convulsion + -ist.
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Forms
plural: convulsionists| Singular | convulsionist |
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See also
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