apoplectic
[ap-uh-plek-tik]
- 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.
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- a person having or predisposed to apoplexy.
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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
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It is these secondary changes which give rise to and maintain those peculiar mental aberrations known as post-apoplectic insanity.
apoplectic
- of or relating to apoplexy
- informal furious
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- a person having apoplexy
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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."
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apoplectic
(ăp′ə-plĕk′tĭk)- Relating to, having, or predisposed to apoplexy.
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