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Webster 1913 Edition


Delirium

De-lir′i-um

(dē̍-lĭr′ĭ-ŭm)
,
Noun.
[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.
2.
Strong excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness.
The popular
delirium
[of the French Revolution] at first caught his enthusiastic mind.
W. Irving.
The
delirium
of the preceding session (of Parliament).
Morley.
Syn. – Insanity; frenzy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; lunacy; fury. See
Insanity
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Delirium

DELIRIUM

,
Noun.
[L. To wander in mind, to rave; to make balks in plowing, that is, to err, wander, miss.]
A state in which the ideas of a person are wild, irregular and unconnected, or do not correspond with the truth or with external objects; a roving or wandering of the mind; disorder of the intellect. Fevers often produce delirium.
An alienation of mind connected with fever.
Symptomatic derangement, or that which is dependent on some other disease, in distinction from idiopathic derrangement or mania.

Definition 2024


delírium

delírium

See also: delirium and Delirium

Hungarian

Noun

delírium (plural delíriumok)

  1. delirium

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative delírium delíriumok
accusative delíriumot delíriumokat
dative delíriumnak delíriumoknak
instrumental delíriummal delíriumokkal
causal-final delíriumért delíriumokért
translative delíriummá delíriumokká
terminative delíriumig delíriumokig
essive-formal delíriumként delíriumokként
essive-modal
inessive delíriumban delíriumokban
superessive delíriumon delíriumokon
adessive delíriumnál delíriumoknál
illative delíriumba delíriumokba
sublative delíriumra delíriumokra
allative delíriumhoz delíriumokhoz
elative delíriumból delíriumokból
delative delíriumról delíriumokról
ablative delíriumtól delíriumoktól
Possessive forms of delírium
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. delíriumom delíriumaim
2nd person sing. delíriumod delíriumaid
3rd person sing. delíriuma delíriumai
1st person plural delíriumunk delíriumaink
2nd person plural delíriumotok delíriumaitok
3rd person plural delíriumuk delíriumaik

Spanish

Noun

delírium m

  1. delirium