Vampire Vocab

Today’s word is…

Convulsing!

The definition is:

con⋅vulse

[kuhn-vuhls]

–verb (used with object), -vulsed, -vuls⋅ing.

1.	to shake violently; agitate.

2.	to cause to shake violently with laughter, anger, pain, etc.

3.	to cause to suffer violent, spasmodic contractions of the muscles.

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Origin:
1635–45; < L convulsus ptp. of convellere to shatter, tear loose, equiv. to con- con- + vul- (var. s. of vellere to pull, tear) + -sus, var. of -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:

con⋅vuls⋅ed⋅ly, adverb

con⋅vuls⋅i⋅ble, adjective

con⋅vuls⋅i⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun

From Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey, on page 235:

I paused at the door, looking back, and saw that my mom had folded Lucius to herself, her arms  wrapped around him. He was shaking. Convulsing. She was stroking his hair, talking to him softly.

This quote show that vampires aren’t invulnerable, and you shouldn’t act like they never have moments of weakness. Vampires are people, too, you know.

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