English

Adjective

apoplectic ‎(not comparable)

1. (medicine) Of, or relating to apoplexy.
2. Marked by extreme anger or fury.
   • 2011 March 13, Chris Bevan, “Stoke 2 - 1 West Ham”, in BBC:

     The decision left Potters boss Tony Pulis apoplectic on the touchline, a feeling his West Ham counterpart Avram Grant was to share immediately after the break.

3. (archaic) 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

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