delirium
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8.5
- noun
- /dɪˈlɪrɪəm/
- Specialized
:
delirio
- After several days of sickness, her confusion evolved into delirium, making it hard for her to recognize her family.
- episode of delirium
- delirium and confusion
- delirium and madness
So buckle up because this is full delirium, right, Ella?
- So buckle up because this is full delirium, right, Ella?
- He he he pre exists humanity, right Death, delirium right there.
Examples
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Poor thing has delirium.
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The infection is causing confusion and delirium, that's all.
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For a while, Jack was in and out of delirium, and then he was mostly in.
Fiction book (2001) -
Her eyes were wide and wild with delirium brought on by the high fever.
Fiction book (1992) -
Weeks of fever and delirium.
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It's been known to cause hallucinations and delirium.
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Except for only occasional lapses into delirium, he kept his lucidity to the end.
Academic text (1995) -
Both reach their limits, entering a stage of delirium in which distortion replaces perception.
Academic text (2007) -
I muttered my plans one night whilst in the throes of delirium tremens...
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Till in a delirium of heat and thirst, he stumbled upon a hermits' cave.
Synonyms
18
6.7
Feeling confused about where you are, who you are, or what is real
A short time when a person is very confused and not thinking clearly
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
9.9
A serious illness after stopping heavy drinking that causes shaking, confusion, and seeing things that are not there
How Disturbed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Delirium comes from the Latin delirare, made of de- 'off' and lira 'furrow', which gives the image of a plough going off its line; so one helpful way to remember it is as something that has 'gone off the track'.