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delirium
[ dih-leer-ee-uhm ]
noun
plural deliriums, deliria
- 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.
- 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
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Derived Forms
- ˈԳ, adjective
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Other Word Forms
- i··i·ܳ noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of delirium1
1590–1600; < Latin ŧīܳ frenzy, equivalent to ŧī ( ) ( deliration ) + -ium -ium
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Word 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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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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