Meaning & use
Kiniption
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A fit of hysterical excitement, rage, or nervous agitation; a dialectal variant spelling of "conniption."
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Grandma threw a kiniption when she saw the muddy footprints on her clean carpet.
He had a full kiniption fit after learning his flight was cancelled.
A note on using this word
"Kiniption" is an informal, regional variant of "conniption," a word of uncertain origin popular in American folk speech since the 19th century.
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