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delirium

[dih-leer-ee-uhm]

noun

plural

deliriums, deliria 
  1. Pathology.a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciousness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations, etc.

  2. a state of violent excitement or emotion.



delirium

/ ɪˈɪɪə /

noun

  1. a state of excitement and mental confusion, often accompanied by hallucinations, caused by high fever, poisoning, brain injury, etc

  2. violent excitement or emotion; frenzy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • semidelirium noun
  • ˈԳ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of delirium1

1590–1600; < Latin ŧīܳ frenzy, equivalent to ŧī ( ) ( deliration ) + -ium -ium
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of delirium1

C16: from Latin: madness, from ŧī, literally: to swerve from a furrow, hence be crazy, from de- + ī ridge, furrow
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In internal and external dialogue, they can convey impatience, distraction, delirium, ecstasy.

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Despair and delirium, the two great adversaries of resolve, follow into the breach.

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Weighed down by accumulating stress, Cromwell falls ill, and in his delirium sees in the shadows Anne's ladies-in-waiting, hands covered in their mistress' blood.

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And then the final confirmation at the hospital in the early morning delirium of Dec. 19, 2021.

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In her early 90s she was suffering from urine infections, delirium and had broken her hip in a fall.

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