Apoplectic

Etymology
From apoplēcticus (possibly via  apoplectique) from  ἀποπληκτικός: (apoplēktikos) < ἀπόπληκτος: (apoplēktos) < ἀποπλήσσω: (apoplēssō) < ἀπό: (apo) "of, from" + πλήσσω: (plēssō) "I strike".

Adjective

 * Of, or relating to apoplexy.
 * 1) Marked by extreme anger or fury.
 * 2)  Effused with blood.
 * 1)  Effused with blood.

Quotations

 * 1960 — Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, ch 11
 * Once she heard Jem refer to our father as 'Atticus' and her reaction was apoplectic.
 * 2005 — (author?), The New Yorker, (page?) (12 Dec)
 * "Speak of the devil—he marches through the door, and becomes apoplectic when he learns of the upheaval."

Related terms

 * apoplexy

Translations

 * German:


 * Spanish: apopléjico, apoplético


 * Finnish: (of a person) raivoissaan, raivostunut, (of anger) silmitön

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