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apoplectic (iou)



apoplectic adjective & noun. E17.
[French apoplectique or late Latin apoplecticus from Greek apoplektikos, formed as APOPLEXY: see -IC.]
A. adjective.
Of or pertaining to apoplexy; causing or conducive to apoplexy. E17.
apoplectic stroke: see STROKE noun1 2b.
Dickens One of your stiff-starched apoplectic cravats.
Of use against apoplexy. L17-M18.
Suffering from or liable to apoplexy. E18.
J. Austen A short-necked, apoplectic sort of fellow.
b. noun. A sufferer from apoplexy; a person liable to apoplexy. L17.
apoplectical adjective E17-E19.
apoplectically adverb L19.
apoplectiform adjective (now rare or obsolete) having the form of apoplexy M19.