adjective
apoplectic
ap-uh-PLEK-tik/ˌæpəˈplektɪk/
Affected as if by a sudden disabling stroke.
The apoplectic man plants both fists on the table and roars.
Etymology
With apo- perhaps intensifying “strike,” the original image is being struck down and incapacitated. The meaning shifted from showing symptoms of a stroke to being furiously angry.
In context
small parties of Union Pacific surveyors were harassed and shot at a few men were even killed and their boss Grenville Dodge was apoplectic sending pleas for help to his old army mate
More examples
- The old casebook describes an apoplectic attack.
- Her apoplectic reaction silenced the room.
- He looked almost apoplectic with rage over the betrayal.