apoplectic

UK: /ˌæpəˈplɛktɪk/ US: /æpəˈplɛktɪk/ ,(ap′ə plek′tik)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ap•o•plec•tic /æpəˈplɛktɪk/  adj. 

1. of, relating to, or showing symptoms of stroke:
   an apoplectic condition.
2. so intensely angry as to appear to suffer from apoplexy:
   apoplectic with rage.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ap•o•plec•tic  (ap′ə plek′tik), adj. Also, ap′o•plec′ti•cal. 

1. Pathology of or pertaining to apoplexy.
2. Pathology having or inclined to apoplexy.
3. intense enough to threaten or cause apoplexy:
   an apoplectic rage.

n. 

4. Pathology a person having or predisposed to apoplexy.

• Greek apoplēktikós pertaining to a (paralytic) stroke, equivalent. to apóplēkt(os) struck down (verbid of apoplé̄ssein) + -ikos -ic
• Late Latin apoplēcticus
• 1605–15

ap′o•plec′ti•cal•ly, adv. 

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apoplectic / ˌæpəˈplɛktɪk/, apoplectical / ˌæpəˈplɛktɪk^əl/ adjective

1. of or relating to apoplexy
2. furious

ˌapoˈplectically adverb