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apoplexy

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Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
24
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈæp.əˌplɛk.si/

Definition of apoplexy

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, dated, uncountable)Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke.
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noun

  1. (countable, dated, uncountable)Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke.
  2. (countable, dated, uncountable)Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke.
  3. (countable, informal, uncountable)A state of intense and almost uncontrollable anger.
    “Ten Straight White Males die of a mysterious disease and the nation has apoplexy — Headlines — TV Reports — Sympathy. MONEY comes pouring in and there was no discussion about where to find it.”

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Etymology

Late Middle English from Old French apoplexie, from Late Latin apoplexia, from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία (apoplēxía, “madness; apoplexy, paralysis”), from ἀποπλήσσω (apoplḗssō, “to cripple by a stroke”) + -ία (-ía, nominal suffix). See plague.

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