Definition of Delirious

1. Adjective. Experiencing delirium.

Exact synonyms: Hallucinating
Similar to: Ill, Sick
Derivative terms: Delirium

2. Adjective. Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion. "A mad whirl of pleasure"
Exact synonyms: Excited, Frantic, Mad, Unrestrained
Similar to: Wild
Derivative terms: Delirium, Madness

Definition of Delirious

1. a. Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light- headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies.

Definition of Delirious

1. Adjective. (symptom) Being in the state of delirium ¹

2. Adjective. Having uncontrolled excitement; ecstatic ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Delirious

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Delirious

1. In a state of delirium. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Delirious

deliquiated
deliquiates
deliquiating
deliquium
deliracy
delirament
deliraments
delirancy
deliration
delirations
deliria
deliriant
deliriants
delirifacient
delirifacients
delirious
delirious shock
deliriously
deliriousness
deliriousnesses
delirium
delirium cordis
delirium mussitans
delirium tremens
deliriums
delis
delish
delist
delistable
delisted

Literary usage of Delirious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mental Philosophy: Embracing the Three Departments of the Intellect by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1869)
"Of association in delirious insanity. In the form of insanity which is termed Delirious, the principle of association is not unfrequently found to be ..."

2. Insanity and its treatment: Lectures on the Treatment, Medical and Legal, of by George Fielding Blandford, Allan McLane Hamilton (1886)
"Sudden outbursts of delirious mania frequently have their origin in a mental cause, as the death of a friend, a suddenly announced misfortune, ..."

3. Mental Philosophy: Embracing the Three Departments of the Intellect by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1869)
"Of perception in cases of total or delirious insanity. ... But in delirious insanity the power of judging is subverted and lost. Hence the delirious man ..."

4. An Epitome of Hydrotherapy for Physicians, Architects and Nurses by Simon Baruch (1920)
"Delirious. Restless. Quiet two hours. Slept three hours. Quiet all day. ... Quiet. Rational. Quiet four hours. Quiet for one hour. Still delirious. ..."

5. The Medical Times and Gazette (1875)
"Bowels open three times since yesterday ; some fresh spots on the abdomen : passes his urine in bed ; is not delirious, but dull. Evening temperature 102-4' ..."

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