Dictionary entry

Apoplectic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Ap′o‐plec″tic (�)(#) Ap′o‐plec″tic‐al (�), } a. [L. apoplecticus, Gr. �, fr. �: cf. F. apoplectique. See Apoplexy.] Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.