apoplex
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[edit]Noun
[edit]apoplex (countable and uncountable, plural apoplexes)
- Obsolete form of apoplexy.
- 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The First Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
- He bears into the bath, whence want of breath,
Repletions, apoplex, intestate death.
References
[edit]- “apoplex”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.