"it now writhed in convulsions of pain, and was a frocible type, in its little
frame.."
Bantam Classic
P67
im not really sure but im gonna guess that it has to do with some kind of serious pain.
A reference for vocabulary words in American Literature
Dictionary.com says that it means a contortion of the body caused by violent, involuntary muscle contractions. I have heard it used by people discussing epilepsy.
ReplyDeleteI've heard this before somewhere and i think it means like in rounds of pain or something similar to that.
ReplyDeletei always hear that word used in medical terms as convulsions of the body.
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