delirium
A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms…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.
» Melancholy is the mother of delirium.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Delirium, Fieberphantasie, Taumel
бредbred, дели́рийdelírij, горя́чкаgorjáčka
бредbred, делі́рійdelírij
a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations
(countable, uncountable)Wild, frenzied excitement or ecstasy.
Examples
10 sentencesMelancholy is the mother of delirium.
It's all part of his narcissistic delirium.
My third delirium was the most terrifying.
That girl, locked inside her delirium, considers herself a princess.
We don't help racists promote their delirium caused by ignorance and stupidity.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin dēlīrium (“derangement, madness”).Borrowed from Latin dēlīrium (“derangement, madness”).
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Forms
plural: deliriums / deliriaSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
19 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable