deli qui at i on

[Eng. deliquiat (e); -ion.] The act of deli qui at ing; deliquescence. dě-11-qul-um, s. [Lat.] I. Literally and Technically: 1. Chem .: A spontaneous di olution or liquefaction of certain salts, alkalies, ., on exposure to the air; deliquescence. Pathol.: Syncope; a swooning away "For fear of deliquiums or being sick."-- Bacon . 3. Astron.: An interruption or failing of the light of the sun without an eclipse. "Such a deliquium we read of subsequent to the death of Cæsar."-Spenser. *II. Fig .. A melting or maudlin mood. there came a hitherto unfelt sensation, as of Delirium Tremens, and a melting into total deliquium ." -Carlyle: Sartor Resartus, bk. iii., ch. x. *dě-lir-a-çỹ, s. [Lat. deli ratio .] Delirium. [DELIRATION.] dě-lir-a-ment, *dě-lir-e-ment, s . [Lat. delira mentum , from deliro (1) to go out of the way; (2) to be foolish or crazy.] [DELIRIUM.] A wandering or doting state of the mind; delirium. "Of whose delirements further I proceed." - Heywood : Hierarchy of Angels , p. 285. *dě-lir-an-çỹ, s. [Lat. delirantia , neut. pl. of delirans , pr. par. of deliro = to be crazy or foolish.] The state of being delirious; delirium. "Extasies of delirancy and dotage."-Gauden: Funeral Sermon on Bp . Brownrig , p. 57. *de-lir-ant, a . [Lat. delirans , pr. par. of deliro .] Delirious; out of one's mind; wandering in mind. *dě-lir-āte, v. i. & t . [Lat. deliratum , sup. of delirolit., to go or drive the plow out of the furrow: hence (1) to go out of the way; (2) to be crazy: de away, from; lira =a furrow; Fr. délirer ; Ital. delirare .] [DELIRIUM.] I. In trans.: To rave, to dote; to be delirious; to wander in one's mind. II. Trans.: To cause delirium; to madden. "It hath an infatuating and deli rating spirit in it."Holland: Plutarch , Morals , ii. 393.