apoplexy

[ ap-uh-plek-see ]

/ ˈæp əˌplɛk si /

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noun

stroke¹ (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.

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Origin of apoplexy

1350–1400; Middle English apoplexie<Late Latin <Greek, equivalent to apóplēkt(os) (see apoplectic) + -ia-y³

Words nearby apoplexy

apophyllite, apophysis, apoplast, apoplectic, apoplectiform, apoplexy, apoprotein, apoptosis, apopyle, aporia, aport

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How to use apoplexy in a sentence

The question then becomes whether right-wing apoplexy about Obamacare grows or fades between 2014 and 2016.
The Best Republican Efforts Are Not Enough to Defund Obamacare|Michael Tomasky|August 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
However, if asked to bet whether right-wing apoplexy will grow or shrivel, the smart money obviously has to say the former.
The Best Republican Efforts Are Not Enough to Defund Obamacare|Michael Tomasky|August 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
William Oxberry, the comedian, died by apoplexy, the consequence of over living.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
He has taken my dedication with a stately silence that has surprised me into apoplexy.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson

It has often been noted that people who suffer from apoplexy may have peculiar affections of their memory.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
After several attacks of apoplexy, he was conveyed to the military hospital, where in a brief period he died.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico
And the Nabob loosened his cravat about his neck, swollen like an apoplexy by his emotion and the heat of the room.
The Nabob|Alphonse Daudet

British Dictionary definitions for apoplexy

apoplexy

/ (ˈæpəˌplɛksɪ) /

noun

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

Word Origin for apoplexy

C14: from Old French apoplexie, from Late Latin apoplēxia, from Greek: from apoplēssein to cripple by a stroke, from plēssein to strike

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