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apoplectic

[ ap-uh-plek-tik ]

adjective

  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. apoplexy.

apoplectic

/ ˌæəˈɛɪ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to apoplexy
  2. informal.
    furious
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person having apoplexy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈ𳦳پ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • o·t·· adverb
  • Dza··t adjective
  • d·o·t adjective
  • d·o·t· adjective
  • pseudo·o·t·· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of apoplectic1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Late Latin DZŧپܲ, from Greek DZŧپó “pertaining to a (paralytic) stroke,” equivalent to óŧ(Dz) “struck down” (derivative of DZḗs𾱲 ) + -ikos -ic
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The uproar came from red and blue states alike, though Democrats were particularly apoplectic.

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Democrats in Michigan — one of the states likely to determine which party wins the White House — were apoplectic.

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She continued that by the time she got home she had been "apoplectic with rage”, and had been "crying all night” because of her experience.

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But people were downright apoplectic about the idea of Dobson leaving her cart unrestrained.

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Rodgers was apoplectic at half-time, the angriest he had ever been as a manager, he said later.

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