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epileptic

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epileptic
a person who has epilepsy


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The Goat, envying the Ass on account of his greater abundance of food, said, "How shamefully you are treated: at one time grinding in the mill, and at another carrying heavy burdens"; and he further advised him to pretend to be epileptic and fall into a ditch and so obtain rest.
Fables by Aesop View in context
Both generals are angry, and the result is a challenge on Buxhowden's part and an epileptic fit on Bennigsen's.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
and as he pronounced these words, he struck the arm of the chair in which he was sitting violently, over and over again, and then rose like one in an epileptic fit.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
 
 
 
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