apoplectic

[ap-uh-plek-tik] /ˌæp əˈplɛk tɪk/

adjective, Also, apoplectical

of or pertaining to apoplexy.

having or inclined to apoplexy.

intense enough to threaten or cause apoplexy:

an apoplectic rage.

noun

a person having or predisposed to apoplexy.

Origin

1605-15; < Late Latin apoplēcticus < Greek apoplēktikós pertaining to a (paralytic) stroke, equivalent to apóplēkt(os) struck down (verbid of apoplḗssein) + -ikos -ic

Related forms

apoplectically, adverb

postapoplectic, adjective

pseudoapoplectic, adjective

pseudoapoplectical, adjective

pseudoapoplectically, adverb

Examples from the web for apoplectic

This condition is marked by outward apoplectic characteristics and significant loss off interpretive powers.
Some people become apoplectic when they forget names.
My mother was apoplectic.
Most such folks usually get apoplectic when the analogy is raised.
His enthusiastic efforts, verging on apoplectic, are quite funny.
The faculty who were interviewing her were apoplectic.
But when the stored-up indignities visited upon them become too much to bear, they can explode with apoplectic outrage.
The Times blog also includes words and phrases liked "nixed" and "bunk up" that would ordinarily make a copy editor apoplectic.
The band's brief set was apoplectic, full of fist-pumping slogans and seemingly cobbled out of spare parts from other projects.
The administration is understandably apoplectic.

British Dictionary definitions for apoplectic

apoplectic

/ˌæpəˈplɛktɪk/

adjective

of or relating to apoplexy

(informal) furious

noun

a person having apoplexy

Derived Forms

apoplectically, adverb

Word Origin and History for 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."

apoplectic in Medicine

apoplectic ap·o·plec·tic (āp'ə-plěk'tĭk)
adj.
Relating to, having, or predisposed to apoplexy.

ap'o·plec'ti·cal·ly adv.