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apoplex

apoplex is the obsolete form of apoplexy.

Meaning of apoplexy

Noun

apoplexy (countable and uncountable, plural apoplexies)

  1. (dated) Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke.
    1. (dated) Gross hemorrhage into a cavity or into the substance of an organ.
  2. (informal) A state of intense anger; uncontrollable fury so intense as to have effects like a stroke.
    • That message sent him into a fit of apoplexy.
    Synonyms:
    anger, fury, ire, rage

Verb

apoplex (third-person singular simple present apoplexes, present participle apoplexing, simple past and past participle apoplexed)

  1. To suffer a fit of apoplexy.

Forms of apoplex

Noun
pluralapoplexes
Verb
third-person singular presentapoplexes
present participleapoplexing
past participleapoplexed
pastapoplexed

Questions about apoplex

What does apoplex mean?
Apoplex means to suffer a fit of apoplexy.
What is apoplex the obsolete form of?
Apoplex is the obsolete form of apoplexy.
What part of speech is apoplex?
Apoplex is a verb.
What is the past tense of apoplex?
The past tense of apoplex is apoplexed.

Words near apoplex in the dictionary

  1. apoplectic
  2. apoplectical
  3. apoplectically
  4. apoplectics
  5. apoplectiform
  6. apoplex
  7. apoplexed
  8. apoplexes
  9. apoplexic
  10. apoplexie
  11. apoplexies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: apoplex (page history and authors); apoplexy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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