apoplexy

Meaning

Noun

Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke.
A state of intense and almost uncontrollable anger.

Origin

Late Middle English from Old French apoplexie, from Late Latin apoplexia, from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία ("madness; apoplexy, paralysis"), from ἀποπλήσσω + -ία. See plague.

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