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   ap·o·plec·tic

   /ˌapəˈplektik/

   adjective

   • 1. overcome with anger; extremely indignant: informal "Mark was apoplectic with rage at the decision"
   • ▪ relating to or denoting apoplexy (stroke): informal "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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