deliration

[Lat. deli ratio, from deliro = to be crazy or foolish.] A wandering or doting state of the mind; delirium, dotage. "Such puerile hallucinations and anile delirations ."Gaule. May-Astro Mancer , p. 116. de-lir-i-ant, s. [Eng. deliri (um):- ant .] 1. An agent that produces delirium. 2. A person affected with delirium, de-lir-i-fa cient, (ci a h) a. & s. [Eng. deliri um and Lat. facere to make.) 1. As adj .: Producing delirium. 2. As subst .: An agent that produces delirium. dě-lir-i-ous, a . [Lat. delirus =(s.) one who goes out of his way; ( a .) crazy, foolish.] [DELIRIUM.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Lit .: In the same sense as II. "I've seen the sick and ghastly bed Of Sin delirious with his dread." Byron: Prisoner of Chillon , viii. 12. Fig .: Characterized or accompanied by wild IMG:content-2087.png:[blocks in formation] deliriousne