delirating en · ADJ
Etymology
From delirate + -ing.
Meanings
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(rare) Making one delirious or mad; also, delirious; mad.
For Women that were addicted to Bacchanal Sports, preſently ran to the Ivy and pluck'd it off, tearing it in pieces with their Hands, and knawing it with their Mouths, ſo that they are not altogether to be disbelieved, that ſay it hath an infatuating and delirating Spirit in it, tranſporting and bereaving of the Senſes, […]
1704, Plutarch, “Roman Questions: Translated from the Greek”, in Isaac Chauncy, transl., Plutarch’s Morals: Translated from the Greek by Several Hands. […], 4th edition, volume II, London: […] Tho[mas] Braddyll, […], →OCLC, question 112, page 393:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most delirating | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more delirating | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |