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taxonomy | apoplectic |

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As an adjective apoplectic is

of, or relating to apoplexy.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    apoplectic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, or relating to apoplexy.
  • Marked by extreme anger or fury.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
    • , date=13 March , author=Chris Bevan , title=Stoke 2 - 1 West Ham , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The decision left Potters boss Tony Pulis apoplectic on the touchline, a feeling his West Ham counterpart Avram Grant was to share immediately after the break. }}
  • (archaic) Effused with blood.

    • Quotations

    * 1960 — , To Kill a Mockingbird , ch 11 *: Once she heard Jem refer to our father as 'Atticus' and her reaction was apoplectic . * 2005 — (author?), The New Yorker , (page?) (12 Dec) *: "Speak of the devil—he marches through the door, and becomes apoplectic when he learns of the upheaval."

    Related terms

    * apoplexy