apoplex

English

Noun

apoplex (countable and uncountable, plural apoplexes)

1. 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: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:

     He bears into the bath, whence want of breath,
     Repletions, apoplex, intestate death.

Verb

apoplex (third-person singular simple present apoplexes, present participle apoplexing, simple past and past participle apoplexed)

1. To suffer a fit of apoplexy.

References

• “apoplex”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.