delirious

delirious (dɪˈlɪrɪəs)

—*adj*
1.	affected with delirium
2.	wildly excited, esp with joy or enthusiasm

de'liriously

—*adv*

de'liriousness

—n

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Word Origin & History

delirious

1703, from L. delirium (see delirium). Figurative use attested from 1791. Related: Deliriously (1820).

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Medical Dictionary

delirious de·lir·i·ous (dĭ-lēr'ē-əs)
adj.
Of, suffering from, or characteristic of delirium.

Example sentences

But I was delirious from the medication anyway and the days passed in a blur.

This week, the brother had a stroke and now is delirious and uncommunicative.

He was shot in the leg, and he crawled and limped past corpses, and wandered

for four delirious days.

Anthony got loose on a fast break and served up an underhand alley-oop to

James, who slammed it home to delirious cheers.

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"When an old Woman begins to doat [sic], and grow chargeable to a Parish, she is generally turned into a Witch, and fills the whole Country with extravagant Fancies, imaginary Distempers, and terrifying Dreams. In the mean time, the poor Wretch that is the innocent Occasion of so many Evils begins to be frighted at her self, and sometimes confesses secret Commerces and Familiarities that her Imagination forms in a delirious old Age."

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