apoplectic

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English

Etymology

From French apoplectique, from Late Latin apoplēcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποπληκτικός (apoplēktikós), from ἀπόπληκτος (apóplēktos), from ἀποπλήσσω (apoplḗssō), from ἀπό (apó, of, from) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, I strike).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌæp.əˈplɛk.tɪk/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛktɪk

Adjective

apoplectic (comparative more apoplectic, superlative most apoplectic)

  1. (medicine) Of or relating to apoplexy.
  2. (figurative) Marked by extreme anger or fury.
    • 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 11, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa., New York, N.Y.: J B Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
      Once she heard Jem refer to our father as 'Atticus' and her reaction was apoplectic.
    • 2005 December 12, The New Yorker:
      Speak of the devil—he marches through the door, and becomes apoplectic when he learns of the upheaval.
    • 2011 March 13, Chris Bevan, “Stoke 2 - 1 West Ham”, in BBC:
      The decision left Potters boss Tony Pulis apoplectic on the touchline, a feeling his West Ham counterpart Avram Grant was to share immediately after the break.
    • 2014 August 27, Stephanie Zacharek, “The Last of Robin Hood Wrestles with a Star's Underage Love”, in The Village Voice, archived from the original on 2014-09-03:
      If older man/younger women matchups make many people uncomfortable, the older man/much younger women combo tends to make them apoplectic.
  3. (archaic) Effused with blood.

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Noun

apoplectic (plural apoplectics)

  1. A person suffering from apoplexy.

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French apoplectique.

Adjective

apoplectic m or n (feminine singular apoplectică, masculine plural apoplectici, feminine and neuter plural apoplectice)

  1. apoplectic

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite apoplectic apoplectică apoplectici apoplectice
definite apoplecticul apoplectica apoplecticii apoplecticele
genitive-
dative
indefinite apoplectic apoplectice apoplectici apoplectice
definite apoplecticului apoplecticei apoplecticilor apoplecticelor