Apoplexy (noun)
ap-o-plek-see
Extreme anger.
(dated) Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral haemorrhage or stroke.
Late Middle English from Old French apoplexie, from late Latin apoplexia, from Greek apoplēxia, from apoplēssein ‘disable by a stroke’.
Example sentences
“The decision has caused apoplexy in the office!”
“The patient died of apoplexy.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
