DELIRIUM


Meaning of DELIRIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ di-ˈlir-ē-əm ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, from delirare to be crazy, literally, to leave the furrow (in plowing), from de- + lira furrow — more at learn

Date: circa 1563

1. : an acute mental disturbance characterized by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations

2. : frenzied excitement

he would stride about his room in a delirium of joy — Thomas Wolfe

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.