convulsionn.

/kənˈvʌlʃən/

Etymology: < Latin convulsiōn-em, noun of action < convellĕre (see convulse n.), or perhaps immediately < French convulsion (Amyot, 16th cent.). The medical sense was already used in Latin by Pliny and the medical writers.

†1.

a. The action of wrenching, or condition of being wrenched. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > action or fact of putting or being out of shape > distortion > twisting and pulling

wrenching1398

wresting1398

wrench1530

convulsion1599

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 68 The poore fellow so tyrannously handled [on the rack], would rather in that extremitie of conuulsion, confesse hee crucified Iesus Christ.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 68 The crisping of the haire is as it were a kinde of convulsion.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1649 Those two massie Pillars With horrible convulsion to and fro, He tugg'd, he shook.

1825 R. Southey Tale of Paraguay ii. 37 The lofty Tree..Uptorn with horrible convulsion dread.

†b. figurative. A ‘wrench’. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > [noun] > anguish caused by parting

convulsion1688

wrench1849

1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia v. i. 80 It is with some Convulsions I am torn from you.

a1706 J. Evelyn Life Mrs. Godolphin (1939) 51 The Convulsion was so strong, & Sensible to them both; that she was forc'd to give-way to her Importunity.

2. Pathology.

†a. An involuntary contraction, stiffening, or ‘drawing up’ of a muscle, limb, etc.; cramp; tetanus. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp

cramp1374

emprosthotonosa1398

spasmc1400

spasmusc1400

crickc1424

crumpa1500

misspringinga1500

spasma?1541

convulsion1585

catch1830

kink1848

tonus1891

1585 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Health (new ed.) sig. Y viij A convulsyon after the drynking of hellebore is deadly.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 257 Goe, charge my Goblins that they grinde their ioynts With dry Convultions, shorten vp their sinewes With aged Cramps.

1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick i. v. 24 Spasmus, Cramp, or Convulsion, is an involuntary and continued retraction of the Nerves and Muscles.

1729 J. Arbuthnot Let. June 9 in J. Swift Lett. (1766) II. 389 I am now so bad of a constant convulsion in my heart.

1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) II. vii. vii. 90 The common or partial, and the malignant or arched convulsions..those..attacked by the latter sink under it in two or three days.

b. In modern use (usually plural): An affection marked by involuntary contractions or spasms of the muscles, alternating with relaxation, and producing violent irregular motion and agitation of a limb or of the whole body.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > convulsions

convulsion1650

salaam convulsion1850

salaam-spasm1886

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 141 Who..fell straight way into a Convulsion and Epileptical fits.

1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 46 It shall not..put you into a fit of Convulsion.

1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick 31 Take one every hour till the Convulsions cease.

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 532 Convulsion, as an idiopathic disease, has been considered as one of the most frequent to which children are subject.

1861 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (new ed.) 89 I knew a mother whose baby was in great danger one day from convulsions.

c. transferred. Violent agitation of the animal frame.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > violent agitation > specifically of the animal frame

convulsion1801

convulse1820

1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 19 A twitching motion in one of its hind legs..the convulsion of death.

1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iv. v. 210 Her voice was choked with the convulsions of her passion.

1857 S. Osborn Quedah v. 63 The water..muddy, rendered more so by the splashings and convulsions of the animal.

d. esp. (plural) A violent fit of laughter.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [noun] > vehement, convulsive, or wild laughter > outburst of

on a roar1604

convulsion1735

chink1767

fou rire1914

1735 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot (new ed.) 87 Pit, Box, and gall'ry in convulsions hurl'd.

1821 W. Scott Pirate I. iv. 80 This..set every one present into convulsions of laughter.

1876 R. W. Emerson Resources in Lett. & Social Aims 130 When the orator shakes him into convulsions of laughter.

3. Violent social or political agitation.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > political unrest > [noun]

stirringa1154

motiona1387

troublec1435

misrule1442

commotion1471

stir1487

misgovernment1565

welteringa1586

confusions1599

distemper1605

distemperature?1606

convulsion1643

unsettlement1649

upturning1846

upturn1864

the natives are restless1950

1643 W. Prynne Romes Master-peece (ed. 2) 20 Councells..most meet for the convulsion of the Ecclesiastick, and politick estate of both Kingdoms.

1691 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 310 Great convulsions were feared in that state.

1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xi. 74 Wide is the distance between a riot of the populace and a convulsion of the whole kingdom.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 189 The Exclusion Bill had thrown the nation into convulsions.

1886 J. Morley France in 18th Cent. in Crit. Misc. III. 288 If the convulsions of 1789–1794 were due to the revolutionary doctrine.

4. Violent physical disturbance; esp. said of an earthquake or similar phenomenon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [noun]

convulsiona1701

catastrophe1832

cataclysm1833

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > violent agitation

boilingc1660

convulsiona1701

tempest-tossing1867

paroxysm1893

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 78 As if the Earth had here suffer'd some great convulsion.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xliv. 255 Earthquakes, volcanos, and convulsions.

1849 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (ed. 8) xxxviii. 456 The geological convulsions of our planet.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 187 If a single convulsion of this kind can thus raise such an amount of solid land.

Compounds

convulsion fit n.

ΚΠ

1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 118 S. Peter's Authority..begins suddenly to feel the cramp and conuulsion-fits.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. ii. 174 The Convulsion-Fits which happen to young children.

1890 Spectator 7 June The convulsion fits and triumphs of selfish self-will.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	convulsion
释义	convulsionn. /kənˈvʌlʃən/ Etymology: < Latin convulsiōn-em, noun of action < convellĕre (see convulse n.), or perhaps immediately < French convulsion (Amyot, 16th cent.). The medical sense was already used in Latin by Pliny and the medical writers. †1. a. The action of wrenching, or condition of being wrenched. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > action or fact of putting or being out of shape > distortion > twisting and pulling wrenching1398 wresting1398 wrench1530 convulsion1599 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 68 The poore fellow so tyrannously handled [on the rack], would rather in that extremitie of conuulsion, confesse hee crucified Iesus Christ. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 68 The crisping of the haire is as it were a kinde of convulsion. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1649 Those two massie Pillars With horrible convulsion to and fro, He tugg'd, he shook. View more context for this quotation 1825 R. Southey Tale of Paraguay ii. 37 The lofty Tree..Uptorn with horrible convulsion dread. †b. figurative. A ‘wrench’. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > [noun] > anguish caused by parting convulsion1688 wrench1849 1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia v. i. 80 It is with some Convulsions I am torn from you. a1706 J. Evelyn Life Mrs. Godolphin (1939) 51 The Convulsion was so strong, & Sensible to them both; that she was forc'd to give-way to her Importunity. 2. Pathology. †a. An involuntary contraction, stiffening, or ‘drawing up’ of a muscle, limb, etc.; cramp; tetanus. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp cramp1374 emprosthotonosa1398 spasmc1400 spasmusc1400 crickc1424 crumpa1500 misspringinga1500 spasma?1541 convulsion1585 catch1830 kink1848 tonus1891 1585 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Health (new ed.) sig. Y viij A convulsyon after the drynking of hellebore is deadly. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 257 Goe, charge my Goblins that they grinde their ioynts With dry Convultions, shorten vp their sinewes With aged Cramps. 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick i. v. 24 Spasmus, Cramp, or Convulsion, is an involuntary and continued retraction of the Nerves and Muscles. 1729 J. Arbuthnot Let. June 9 in J. Swift Lett. (1766) II. 389 I am now so bad of a constant convulsion in my heart. 1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) II. vii. vii. 90 The common or partial, and the malignant or arched convulsions..those..attacked by the latter sink under it in two or three days. b. In modern use (usually plural): An affection marked by involuntary contractions or spasms of the muscles, alternating with relaxation, and producing violent irregular motion and agitation of a limb or of the whole body. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > convulsions convulsion1650 salaam convulsion1850 salaam-spasm1886 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 141 Who..fell straight way into a Convulsion and Epileptical fits. 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 46 It shall not..put you into a fit of Convulsion. 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick 31 Take one every hour till the Convulsions cease. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 532 Convulsion, as an idiopathic disease, has been considered as one of the most frequent to which children are subject. 1861 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (new ed.) 89 I knew a mother whose baby was in great danger one day from convulsions. c. transferred. Violent agitation of the animal frame. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > violent agitation > specifically of the animal frame convulsion1801 convulse1820 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 19 A twitching motion in one of its hind legs..the convulsion of death. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iv. v. 210 Her voice was choked with the convulsions of her passion. 1857 S. Osborn Quedah v. 63 The water..muddy, rendered more so by the splashings and convulsions of the animal. d. esp. (plural) A violent fit of laughter. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [noun] > vehement, convulsive, or wild laughter > outburst of on a roar1604 convulsion1735 chink1767 fou rire1914 1735 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot (new ed.) 87 Pit, Box, and gall'ry in convulsions hurl'd. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. iv. 80 This..set every one present into convulsions of laughter. 1876 R. W. Emerson Resources in Lett. & Social Aims 130 When the orator shakes him into convulsions of laughter. 3. Violent social or political agitation. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > political unrest > [noun] stirringa1154 motiona1387 troublec1435 misrule1442 commotion1471 stir1487 misgovernment1565 welteringa1586 confusions1599 distemper1605 distemperature?1606 convulsion1643 unsettlement1649 upturning1846 upturn1864 the natives are restless1950 1643 W. Prynne Romes Master-peece (ed. 2) 20 Councells..most meet for the convulsion of the Ecclesiastick, and politick estate of both Kingdoms. 1691 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 310 Great convulsions were feared in that state. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xi. 74 Wide is the distance between a riot of the populace and a convulsion of the whole kingdom. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 189 The Exclusion Bill had thrown the nation into convulsions. 1886 J. Morley France in 18th Cent. in Crit. Misc. III. 288 If the convulsions of 1789–1794 were due to the revolutionary doctrine. 4. Violent physical disturbance; esp. said of an earthquake or similar phenomenon. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [noun] convulsiona1701 catastrophe1832 cataclysm1833 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > violent agitation boilingc1660 convulsiona1701 tempest-tossing1867 paroxysm1893 a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 78 As if the Earth had here suffer'd some great convulsion. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xliv. 255 Earthquakes, volcanos, and convulsions. 1849 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (ed. 8) xxxviii. 456 The geological convulsions of our planet. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 187 If a single convulsion of this kind can thus raise such an amount of solid land. Compounds convulsion fit n. ΚΠ 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 118 S. Peter's Authority..begins suddenly to feel the cramp and conuulsion-fits. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. ii. 174 The Convulsion-Fits which happen to young children. 1890 Spectator 7 June The convulsion fits and triumphs of selfish self-will. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1585
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