ap·o·plec·tic
( p  -pl k t k)
adj.
1. Of, resembling, or produced by apoplexy: an apoplectic fit.
2.
a. Having or inclined to have apoplexy.
b. Exhibiting symptoms associated with
apoplexy.
3. Extremely angry; furious: "members of Congress who otherwise become apoplectic about
wasteful government spending" (Dan
Morgan).
ap
o·plecti·cal·ly
adv. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,
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Isabella is not given to apoplectic fits when she doesn't get her way; she is more clever than that.
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