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paroxysmic

adjective
par·​ox·​ys·​mic | \ ¦parək¦sizmik, -mēk\

Definition of paroxysmic

: paroxysmal the tension … made their sleep too desperate and paroxysmic to deserve being called rest— H. L. Davis

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