Bible Dictionaries
Paroxysm

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions.

(2):

(n.) Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a convulsion; a fit.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Paroxysm'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/paroxysm.html. 1828.