convulsionary noun & adjective. [kǝn'vʌlʃ(ǝ)n(ǝ)ri] M18.
[from CONVULSION + -ARY¹, after French convulsionnaire.]
A. noun. Hist. A member of a sect of Jansenist fanatics in France in the 18th cent., who repeatedly threw themselves into convulsions. M18.
b. adjective.
1. Pertaining to, affected with, or marked by convulsion(s). L18.

2. Hist. Of or pertaining to the convulsionaries. E19.

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