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   apoplectic

   /ˌapəˈplɛktɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. overcome with anger; furious: informal "Mark was apoplectic with rage at the decision"
   • 2. relating to or denoting apoplexy (stroke): dated "an apoplectic attack"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French apoplectique or late Latin apoplecticus, from Greek apoplēktikos, from apoplēssein ‘disable by a stroke’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. apoplectically adverb

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