Meanings
adjectiveapoplexed (comparative more apoplexed, superlative most apoplexed)
comparative more apoplexed · superlative most apoplexed
- obsoleteAffected with apoplexy.
[…] but sure that sense is apoplex'd; for madness would not err […]
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]
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