conniption fit

Variant of conniption

conniption definition

☆ con·nip·tion (kə nip′s̸hən)

noun

Informal a fit of anger, hysteria, etc.; tantrum
also conniption fit

Etymology: arbitrary pseudo-Latin coinage

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