apoplectic

3 definitions found

apoplectic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

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

apoplectic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  apoplectic
      adj 1: pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy; "apoplectic
             seizure"