paroxysmic, a. rare.
(pærəkˈsɪzmɪk)
[f. as prec. + -ic.]
= paroxysmal.
| 1850 Kingsley Alt. Locke xv. (1874) 130 They fancy that they honour inspiration by supposing it to be only extra⁓ordinary and paroxysmic. 1889 A. W. Tourgee in Chicago Advance 7 Feb. 114 The slender figure writhed with the paroxysmic effort [of coughing]. |