paroxysmal

1. 1.

   accompanied by or of the nature of paroxysms

Questions about paroxysmal

What does paroxysmal mean?

paroxysmal means "accompanied by or of the nature of paroxysms".

How many syllables are in paroxysmal?

paroxysmal has 4 syllables: pa-rox-y-smal. The stress falls on "rox".

Is paroxysmal a common word?

paroxysmal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.