Definition of "convulsionist" []

• One who has convulsions. (noun)

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• "'convulsionist' orgies which, under the Regency, desecrated the tomb of"
• "Under desperate pressures the movement tended to change character, claimed to produce miracles, and had convulsionist manifestations."
• "Let us even suppose the breast and stomach of a convulsionist protected by an artificial coating of actual gum-elastic, would it be a safe experiment to drop upon it, from a height of twelve feet, a flint stone weighing fifty pounds?"