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delirium
[dih-leer-ee-uhm]
noun
plural
deliriums, deliriaPathology.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.
a state of violent excitement or emotion.
delirium
/ ɪˈɪɪə /
noun
a state of excitement and mental confusion, often accompanied by hallucinations, caused by high fever, poisoning, brain injury, etc
violent excitement or emotion; frenzy
Other Word Forms
- semidelirium noun
- ˈԳ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of delirium1
Word History and Origins
Origin of delirium1
Example Sentences
In internal and external dialogue, they can convey impatience, distraction, delirium, ecstasy.
Despair and delirium, the two great adversaries of resolve, follow into the breach.
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.
And then the final confirmation at the hospital in the early morning delirium of Dec. 19, 2021.
In her early 90s she was suffering from urine infections, delirium and had broken her hip in a fall.
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