APOPLEXY Definition & Meaning

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apoplexy

[ ap-uh-plek-see ]

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noun

stroke ¹( def 6 ).
a sudden, usually marked loss of bodily function due to rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel.
a hemorrhage into an organ cavity or tissue.
a state of extreme anger.

apoplexy

/ ˈæ��əˌ��ɛ��ɪ /

noun

sudden loss of consciousness, often followed by paralysis, caused by rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel in the brain

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of apoplexy¹

1350–1400; Middle English apoplexie < Late Latin < Greek, equivalent to ��ó��ŧ�� ( os ) ( apoplectic ) + -ia -y ³

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of apoplexy¹

C14: from Old French apoplexie, from Late Latin ��Ǳ��ŧ�澱��, from Greek: from ��Ǳ��ŧ��𾱲� to cripple by a stroke, from ��ŧ��𾱲� to strike

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It’s hard to pin down the moment in “Oh, Mary!,” a comedy about Mary Todd Lincoln, that will send Lincoln scholars and purists into apoplexy.

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It tended to be Thorgerson, by all accounts a stubborn genius, driving the record executives to apoplexy.

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“You’re going to pop an artery and give yourself an apoplexy!”

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Biden’s declaration, coming just a week before Obama was to launch his reelection campaign, sent the president’s advisers into apoplexy.

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Tudyk deftly dispenses both deadpan stares and comic apoplexy, and through the first half of its initial season, the show was consistently clever and astringently funny.

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