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| | Dictionary.com/Word of the Day Archive/paroxysm |
 | | Bumble, seeing at a glance that the decisive moment had now arrived, and that a blow struck for mastership on one side or another, must necessarily be final and conclusive, dropped into a chair, and with a loud scream that Mr. |
 | | Bumble was a hard-hearted brute, fell into a paroxysm of tears. |
 | | Paroxysm is from Greek paroxusmos, from paroxunein, "to irritate, provoke or excite (literally to sharpen excessively)," from para-, "beyond" + oxunein, "to sharpen, to provoke." |
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