Word of the Day – Apoplexy

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.”