fitful.
Characterized by fits (convulsions or seizures).
Meaning & usage
Characterized by fits (convulsions or seizures).
Characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between; intermittent, irregular, unsteady.
His breathing was fitful.
Troubled by her unfinished work, she fell into a fitful sleep.
Where this word comes from
From fit (“convulsion, seizure; sudden burst of activity”) + -ful (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun).
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