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Webster 1913 Edition

Delirium

De-lir′i-um

(dē̍-lĭr′ĭ-ŭm)
,
Noun.
[L., fr.
delirare
to rave, to wander in mind, prop., to go out of the furrow in plowing;
de-
+
lira
furrow, track; perh. akin to G.
geleise
track, rut, and E.
last
to endure.]
1.
(Med.)
A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, – usually dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so distinguished from
mania
, or madness.
2.
Strong excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness.
The popular
delirium
[of the French Revolution] at first caught his enthusiastic mind.
W. Irving.
The
delirium
of the preceding session (of Parliament).
Morley.
Syn. – Insanity; frenzy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; lunacy; fury. See
Insanity
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Delirium

DELIRIUM

,
Noun.
[L. To wander in mind, to rave; to make balks in plowing, that is, to err, wander, miss.]
A state in which the ideas of a person are wild, irregular and unconnected, or do not correspond with the truth or with external objects; a roving or wandering of the mind; disorder of the intellect. Fevers often produce delirium.
An alienation of mind connected with fever.
Symptomatic derangement, or that which is dependent on some other disease, in distinction from idiopathic derrangement or mania.

Definition 2024

Delirium

Delirium

See also: delirium and delírium

German

Noun

Delirium n ‎(genitive Deliriums, plural Delirien)

  1. delirium

Declension

delirium

delirium

See also: Delirium and delírium

English

Noun

delirium ‎(plural deliriums or deliria)

  1. A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.
    • Washington Irving
      The popular delirium [of the French Revolution] at first caught his enthusiastic mind.
    • Motley
      the delirium of the preceding session (of Parliament)
    • Mary Shelley, The Last Man
      Better to decay in absolute delirium, than to be the victim of the methodical unreason of ill-bestowed love.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: de‧li‧ri‧um

Etymology

From Latin dēlīrium

Noun

delirium n ‎(plural deliria or deliriums, diminutive deliriumpje n)

  1. delirium

Synonyms

Latin

Etymology

From dēlīrō ‎(“I deviate from the straight track; I am deranged”), from dē ‎(“from, away from, out of”) + līra ‎(“the earth thrown up between two furrows; a ridge, track, furrow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dēlīrium n ‎(genitive dēlīriī); second declension

  1. delirium, madness, frenzy
    • c. 47 CE, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 2.7.28
      […] aut qui febre aeque non quiescente simul et delirio et spirandi difficultate vexatur […]
      […] or when, likewise without the fever subsiding, he is distressed at once by delirium and difficulty in breathing […]

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative dēlīrium dēlīria
genitive dēlīriī dēlīriōrum
dative dēlīriō dēlīriīs
accusative dēlīrium dēlīria
ablative dēlīriō dēlīriīs
vocative dēlīrium dēlīria

Synonyms

  • (madness): dēlīrātiō, dēlīritās

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

delirium n ‎(definite singular deliriet, indefinite plural delirier, definite plural deliria or deliriene)

  1. a delirium

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

delirium n ‎(definite singular deliriet, indefinite plural delirium, definite plural deliria)

  1. a delirium

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Polish

Etymology

From Latin dēlīrium, from dēlīrō ‎(“I am deranged”), from dē ‎(“from, away from, out of”) + līra ‎(“the earth thrown up between two furrows; a ridge, track, furrow”).

Noun

delirium n

  1. delirium

Declension

Swedish

Noun

delirium n

  1. delirium

Declension

Etymology

From Latin dēlīrium.

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