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[ ap-uh -plek -tik ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌæp əˈplɛk tɪk / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective Also ap·o·plec·ti·cal. of or relating to apoplexy or stroke.
having or inclined to apoplexy.
intense enough to threaten or cause apoplexy: an apoplectic rage.
extremely angry; furious: He became apoplectic at the mere mention of the subject.
noun a person having or predisposed to apoplexy.
Origin of apoplectic 1605–15; <Late Latin apoplēcticus <Greek apoplēktikós pertaining to a (paralytic) stroke, equivalent to apóplēkt (os ) struck down (verbid of apoplḗssein ) + -ikos -ic
OTHER WORDS FROM apoplectic ap·o·plec·ti·cal·ly, adverb post·ap·o·plec·tic, adjective pseu·do·ap·o·plec·tic, adjective pseu·do·ap·o·plec·ti·cal, adjective
pseu·do·ap·o·plec·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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Words nearby apoplectic apophyge, apophyllite, apophysis, apophysitis, apoplast, apoplectic , apoplectiform, apoplexy, apoprotein, apoptosis, apopyle
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British Dictionary definitions for apoplectic adjective of or relating to apoplexy
informal furious
Derived forms of apoplectic apoplectically , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to apoplectic immobile, inert, steadfast, frozen, lifeless, stagnant, paralyzed, stationary, still, dead, deathly, firm, fixed, inanimate, numb, palsied, petrified, quiescent, quiet, spellbound
Medical definitions for apoplectic adj. Relating to, having, or predisposed to apoplexy.
Other words from apoplectic ap′o•plec′ ti•cal•ly adv. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.