apoplectic
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French apoplectique, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "LL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. apoplēcticus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀποπληκτικός (apoplēktikós), from ἀπόπληκτος (apóplēktos), from ἀποπλήσσω (apoplḗssō), from ἀπό (apó, “of, from”) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “I strike”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
apoplectic (comparative more apoplectic, superlative most apoplectic)
- (medicine) Of, or relating to apoplexy.
- Marked by extreme anger or fury.
- 2011 March 13, Chris Bevan, “Stoke 2 - 1 West Ham”, in BBC[1]:
- The decision left Potters boss Tony Pulis apoplectic on the touchline, a feeling his West Ham counterpart Avram Grant was to share immediately after the break.
- (archaic) Effused with blood.
Quotations
- 1960 — Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, ch 11
- "Once she heard Jem refer to our father as 'Atticus' and her reaction was apoplectic."
- 2005 — (author?), The New Yorker, (page?) (12 Dec)
- "Speak of the devil—he marches through the door, and becomes apoplectic when he learns of the upheaval."
Related terms
Translations
of or relating to apoplexy
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extremely angry and unable to speak
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effused with blood
Noun
apoplectic (plural apoplectics)
- A person suffering from apoplexy.
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