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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

/ »åɪˈ±ôɪ°ùɪə³¾ /

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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Derived Forms

  • »å±ðˈ±ô¾±°ù¾±²¹²Ô³Ù, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of delirium1

1590–1600; < Latin »åŧ±ôÄ«°ù¾±³Ü³¾ frenzy, equivalent to »åŧ±ôÄ«°ù ( Äå°ù±ð ) ( deliration ) + -ium -ium
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of delirium1

C16: from Latin: madness, from »åŧ±ôÄ«°ùÄå°ù±ð, literally: to swerve from a furrow, hence be crazy, from de- + ±ôÄ«°ù²¹ ridge, furrow
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Example Sentences

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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USC had won five of six here over UCLA, and so the whole of Galen Center now teemed with anxious delirium, expecting more rivalry magic.

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As the country was in a frenzied delirium, Nani was having hallucinations of her own.

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