This week’s theme
Words for diseases, used metaphorically

This week’s words
scurvy
apoplectic
jaundiced
metastasize
scabrous

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PRONUNCIATION:

(ap-uh-PLEK-tik)

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Extremely angry.
2. Relating to or affected by apoplexy (stroke).

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin apoplecticus, from Greek apoplektikos (relating to a stroke), from apoplessein (to disable by a stroke). Ultimately from the Indo-European root plak- (to strike), which also gave us plague, plankton, fling, and complain. Earliest documented use: 1625.

USAGE:

“Union bosses’ reactions to Mr Miliband’s speech ranged from cool to apoplectic.”
Ed’s Big Chance; The Economist (London, UK); Jul 13, 2013.

See more usage examples of apoplectic in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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