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- delirium [dɪ'lɪrɪəm]
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a state of excitement and mental confusion, often accompanied by hallucinations, caused by high fever, poisoning, brain injury, etc
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violent excitement or emotion; frenzy
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[Etymology]
C16: from Latin: madness, from d
e li ra re, literally: to swerve from a furrow, hence be crazy, fromde- + li ra ridge, furrow
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a state of excitement and mental confusion, often accompanied by hallucinations, caused by high fever, poisoning, brain injury, etc
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