Dictionary

delirious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈlɪə̯.ɹi.əs/ (UK)
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Etymology

From delirium + -ous; see also Latin delirus (“silly, doting, crazy”).

Meanings

1. Being in the state of delirium.
   • […]the angelic form of a creature whose very existence was a gigantic balm of Gilead to the lacerated body of our hero, and, in a half delirious state of mind, he felt like leaping mountains to raise prostrate female forms, and to become blessed with hymeneal joys of the most glorious character; but, his imagination soon forsook him, and a raging fever, accompanied by the most violent deadly delirium, ensued, which lasted a fortnight. 1872, Simon Mohler Landis, The Social War, Chapter III: Deacon Stew raves at Lucinda's Love for Victor:
   • ⁠Or has the shock, so harshly given, […] made me that delirious man ⁠Whose fancy fuses old and new, ⁠And flashes into false and true, And mingles all without a plan? 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 26:
2. Having uncontrolled excitement; ecstatic.
   • delirious with joy

Forms

Deriveds

deliriousness · nondelirious · semidelirious · deliriously · undelirious

Translations (23)

fi kuumeinen (being in the state of delirium) · az sayıqlamaq (being in the state of delirium) · de deliriös (being in the state of delirium) · mr उन्मादवायुपीडित (being in the state of delirium) · fr délirant (being in the state of delirium) · tr sayıklayan (being in the state of delirium) · ca delirant (being in the state of delirium) · fi hurmioitunut (having uncontrolled excitement; ecstatic) · fi houreinen (being in the state of delirium) · it delirante (being in the state of delirium) · pt delirante (being in the state of delirium) · fi haltioitunut (having uncontrolled excitement; ecstatic) · es delirante (being in the state of delirium) · tr çılgına dönmüş (being in the state of delirium) · es delirando (being in the state of delirium) · hu félrebeszél (being in the state of delirium) · tr delice (having uncontrolled excitement; ecstatic) · az sayaqlamaq (being in the state of delirium) · bg бълнуващ (being in the state of delirium) · fi houraileva (being in the state of delirium) · pdt biesta (being in the state of delirium) · it delirante (having uncontrolled excitement; ecstatic) · eo delira (being in the state of delirium)