'Delirium' definitions:
Definition of 'delirium'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Delirium'
From: GCIDE
- Delirium \De*lir"i*um\ (d[-e]*l[i^]r"[i^]*[u^]m), n. [L., fr. delirare to rave, to wander in mind, prop., to go out of the furrow in plowing; de- + lira furrow, track; perh. akin to G. geleise track, rut, and E. last to endure.]
- 1. (Med.) A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so distinguished from mania, or madness. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Strong excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness. [1913 Webster]
- The popular delirium [of the French Revolution] at first caught his enthusiastic mind. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
- The delirium of the preceding session (of Parliament). --Morley. [1913 Webster]
- Delirium tremens. [L., trembling delirium] (Med.), a violent delirium induced by the excessive and prolonged use of intoxicating liquors.
- Traumatic delirium (Med.), a variety of delirium following injury.
- Syn: Insanity; frenzy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; lunacy; fury. See Insanity. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'delirium'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- afebrile delirium,
- agnosia,
- apparition,
- ardor,
- block,
- blocking,
- brainchild,
- brainstorm,
- bubble,
- calenture,
- childbed fever,
- chimera,
- continued fever,
- craze,
- deliriousness,
- delusion,
- delusion of persecution,
- disorientation,
- ecstasy,
- eidolon,
- enthusiasm,
- eruptive fever,
- fancy,
- fantasque,
- fantasy,
- febricity,
- febrility,
- fervor,
- fever,
- fever heat,
- feverishness,
- fiction,
- figment,
- fire,
- fire and fury,
- flight of ideas,
- flush,
- frenzy,
- furor,
- furore,
- fury,
- hallucination,
- hallucinosis,
- heat,
- hectic,
- hectic fever,
- hectic flush,
- hyperpyrexia,
- hyperthermia,
- hysteria,
- idle fancy,
- illusion,
- imagery,
- imagination,
- imagining,
- incoherence,
- insubstantial image,
- intermittent fever,
- intoxication,
- invention,
- lingual delirium,
- madness,
- maggot,
- make-believe,
- mental block,
- mental confusion,
- myth,
- nihilism,
- nihilistic delusion,
- orgasm,
- orgy,
- paralogia,
- passion,
- phantasm,
- phantom,
- protein fever,
- psychological block,
- puerperal fever,
- pyrexia,
- rage,
- ranting,
- rapture,
- raving,
- ravishment,
- relapsing fever,
- remittent,
- remittent fever,
- romance,
- sick fancy,
- tearing passion,
- thick-coming fancies,
- towering rage,
- transport,
- trip,
- urethral fever,
- vaccinal fever,
- vapor,
- vision,
- wandering,
- water fever,
- whim,
- whimsy,
- wildest dreams,
- wound fever,
- zeal