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# apoplexy

«apoplexy» in Mova's school dictionary: **A sudden illness, like a stroke, that can make a person…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old use) A sudden illness, like a stroke, that can make a person collapse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apoplexy/#m1)

2) A fit of great anger, so that someone goes red in the face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apoplexy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in old stories, a character so angry that they nearly faint or fall ill

### examples

- The old lord turned purple, as if he would have apoplexy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apoplexy/#x1)
- Don't get so angry you have apoplexy! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apoplexy/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «apoplexy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apoplexy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.