From French apoplectique, from Late Latin apoplēcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποπληκτικός, from ἀπόπληκτος, from ἀποπλήσσω, from ἀπό ("of, from") + πλήσσω ("I strike").

• IPA: /ˌæp.əˈplɛk.tɪk/

apoplectic

1. (medicine) Of or relating to apoplexy.
2. (figurative) Marked by extreme anger or fury.
   • 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 11, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa., New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC ↗:

     Once she heard Jem refer to our father as 'Atticus' and her reaction was apoplectic.

3. (archaic) Effused with blood.

• apoplectically
• apoplexy

• German: apoplektisch
• Portuguese: apopléctico, apoplético
• Spanish: apopléjico, apoplético

• Portuguese: apopléctico, apoplético

apoplectic (plural apoplectics)

1. A person suffering from apoplexy.