apoplectic

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌæp.əˈplɛk.tɪk/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛktɪk

apoplectic (comparative more apoplectic, superlative most apoplectic)

1. (medicine) Of or relating to apoplexy.
2. Marked by extreme anger or fury.
   • 1960 — Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, chapter 11

     "Once she heard Jem refer to our father as 'Atticus' and her reaction was apoplectic."

   • 12 December 2005 — (author?), 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.

3. (archaic) Effused with blood.

• apoplectically
• apoplexy

apoplectic (plural apoplectics)

1. A person suffering from apoplexy.

From French apoplectique.

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

1. apoplectic