apoplexy

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Part of the blame for their apoplexy is that the Obama tax relief proposals are included in the Democrats 'stimulus package, and thus rhetoric about stimulus is conjoined with those cuts reinforcing the Republicans' framing.

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  1. noun Sudden impairment of neurological function, especially that resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage; a stroke.
  2. noun A sudden effusion of blood into an organ or tissue.
  3. noun A fit of extreme anger; rage: "The proud . . . members suffered collective apoplexy, and this year they are out for blood” (David Finch).

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  • Part of the blame for their apoplexy is that the Obama tax relief proposals are included in the Democrats 'stimulus package, and thus rhetoric about stimulus is conjoined with those cuts reinforcing the Republicans' framing. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • A. It is occasioned by a palsy or apoplexy, which is a sudden effusion of blood, and by gross humours; and sometimes also by infection of spiritus animates in the middle cell of the brain which hinders the spirits from being carried to the tongue Of the Roof of the Mouth. —  The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy
  • I have chosen to retain my informer's phrase, not being able justly to determine whether it is a corruption of the word apoplexy, as my friend Mr. Oldbuck supposes, or the name of some peculiar disorder incidental to those who have concern in the courts of law, as many callings and conditions of men have diseases appropriate to themselves. —  Redgauntlet
  • Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, has had a fit--apoplexy or paralysis--and couldn't be brought to, and precious time has been lost. —  Bleak House
  • Maybe because apoplexy is the natural state of mind for a liberal? —  Latest Articles
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  1. Middle English apoplexie, from Old French, from Late Latin apoplēxia, from Greek apoplēxiā, from apoplēssein, apoplēg-, to cripple by a stroke : apo-, intensive pref.; see apo- + plēssein, to strike; see plāk-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English apoplexie (and abbrev. poplexie), from French apoplexie, from Latin apoplexia, from Greek αποπληξία, apoplexy, from ἀπόπληκτος, disabled by a stroke, stricken with apoplexy, verbal adjective of ἀποπλήσσ, σ1ειν, disable by a stroke, from ἀπό, off, from, + πλήσσ, σ1ειν, strike.
 

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