apoplectic
[ap-uh-plek-tik]
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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
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It is these secondary changes which give rise to and maintain those peculiar mental aberrations known as post-apoplectic insanity.
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