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Apoplectic definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APOPLEC'TIC,
APOPLEC'TICAL, a. [See apoplexy.] Pertaining to or consisting in apoplexy, as an apoplectic fit; or predisposed to apoplexy, as an apoplectic habit of body.
APOPLEC'TIC, n. A person affected by apoplexy.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy; "apoplectic seizure"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: French or Late Latin; French apoplectique, from Late Latin apoplecticus, from Greek apopl?ktikos, from apopl?ssein Date: 1611 1. of, relating to, or causing stroke 2. affected with, inclined to, or showing symptoms of stroke 3. of a kind to cause or apparently cause stroke <an apoplectic rage>; also greatly excited or angered <was apoplectic over the news> • apoplectically adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 of, causing, suffering, or liable to apoplexy. 2 colloq. enraged. Derivatives: apoplectically adv. Etymology: F apoplectique or LL apoplecticus f. Gk apoplektikos f. apoplesso strike completely (as APO-, plesso strike)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Apoplectic Ap`o*plec"tic(#) Apoplectical Ap`o*plec"tic*al, a. [L. apoplecticus, Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. apoplectique. See Apoplexy.] Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Apoplectic Ap`o*plec"tic, n. One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If someone is apoplectic, they are extremely angry about something. (FORMAL) = furious, incensed ADJ