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English
Noun
paroxism (plural paroxisms)
- Obsolete spelling of paroxysm.
1702, Joseph Beaumont, “Canto VI. The Humiliation. Stanza 192.”, in Charles Beaumont, editor, Psyche, or Love’s Mystery, , 2nd edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University-Press, for Tho Bennet, , →OCLC, page 86, column 1:[W]ith paroxiſms of ſtrange diſmay / Th' amazed Heav'ns ſtood ſtill, Earth's baſis ſhook, / The troubled Ocean roard, the ſtartled Air / In hollovv grones profoundly breath'd its fear.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French paroxysme or German Paroxysmus.
Noun
paroxism n (plural paroxisme)
- paroxysm
Declension