“and their involuntary paroxisms”
Did you make up a new word here??
Please give definition ...
(I misspelled it, slightly)
par·ox·ysm (prk-szm)
n.
1. A sudden outburst of emotion or action: a paroxysm of laughter.
2.
a. A sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease.
b. A spasm or fit; a convulsion