Apoplectic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Apoplectic \Ap`o*plec"tic\(#) Apoplectical \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.


     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Apoplectic \Ap`o*plec"tic\, n.
     One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy.
     [1913 Webster] Apoplectiform

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  apoplectic
       adj : pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy; "apoplectic
             seizure"