apoplectic

[ap-uh-plek-tik]

adjective Also ap·o·plec·ti·cal.

of or relating to apoplexy or stroke.

having or inclined to apoplexy.

intense enough to threaten or cause apoplexy: an apoplectic rage.

extremely angry; furious: He became apoplectic at the mere mention of the subject.

noun

a person having or predisposed to apoplexy.

Origin of apoplectic

1605–15; < Late Latin apoplēcticus < Greek apoplēktikós pertaining to a (paralytic) stroke, equivalent to apóplēkt(os) struck down (verbid of apoplḗssein) + -ikos -ic

Related formsap·o·plec·ti·cal·ly, adverbpost·ap·o·plec·tic, adjectivepseu·do·ap·o·plec·tic, adjectivepseu·do·ap·o·plec·ti·cal, adjectivepseu·do·ap·o·plec·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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Historical Examples of post-apoplectic

It is these secondary changes which give rise to and maintain those peculiar mental aberrations known as post-apoplectic insanity.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 5
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British Dictionary definitions for post-apoplectic

apoplectic

adjective

of or relating to apoplexy

informal furious

noun

a person having apoplexy

Derived Formsapoplectically, adverb

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Word Origin and History for post-apoplectic

apoplectic

adj.

1610s, "involving apoplexy," from French apoplectique (16c.), from Latin apoplecticus, from Greek apoplektikos "disabled by a stroke, crippled, struck dumb," from apoplektos, verbal adjective of apoplessein (see apoplexy). Meaning "showing symptoms of apoplexy" (1721) gradually shaded into "enraged, very angry."

post-apoplectic in Medicine

apoplectic

[ăp′ə-plĕk′tĭk]

adj.

Relating to, having, or predisposed to apoplexy.

Related formsap′o•plec′ti•cal•ly adv.