apoplectic








adjective Also ap·o·plec·ti·cal.

  1. of or relating to apoplexy or stroke.
  2. having or inclined to apoplexy.
  3. intense enough to threaten or cause apoplexy: an apoplectic rage.
  4. extremely angry; furious: He became apoplectic at the mere mention of the subject.

noun

  1. a person having or predisposed to apoplexy.

adjective

  1. of or relating to apoplexy
  2. informal furious

noun

  1. a person having apoplexy
adj.

1610s, “involving apoplexy,” from French apoplectique (16c.), from Latin apoplecticus, from Greek apoplektikos “disabled by a stroke, crippled, struck dumb,” from apoplektos, verbal adjective of apoplessein (see apoplexy). Meaning “showing symptoms of apoplexy” (1721) gradually shaded into “enraged, very angry.”

adj.

  1. Relating to, having, or predisposed to apoplexy.
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