deliriant

[ dih-leer-ee-uhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

involving or causing delirium.

noun

a substance, as a compound or drug, that causes delirium.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of deliriant¹

First recorded in 1880–85; deliri(um) + -ant

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Example Sentences

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When myristicin — a deliriant — is metabolized, it converts to MMDA, a substance similar to MDMA, better known as ecstasy.

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In November an international research team revealed that chewed-up wads of datura, a plant that acts as a deliriant, had been found jammed in the ceiling cracks of a location known as Pinwheel Cave.

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“It’s also unstable, chaotic, contradictory, stupid, deliriant and inefficient.”

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"�� kind of deliriant have you been taking tonight?"

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The deliriant weed held no terrors for him now.

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deliration delirious

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