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Definition of Deliriousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deliriousness
Literary usage of Deliriousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Institutes of Medicine by Martyn Paine (1867)
"... very great where the beats are fewer than 100;—120 shows the beginning of
danger; and they seldom exceed this number unattended with some deliriousness. ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1878)
"... sickness and no deliriousness had occurred. A strong faradic current produced
only slight muscular contractions in the arms, none in the legs. ..."
3. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"She was a sober cup; sober and wholesome. deliriousness is for adolescence.
The men who seek intoxicating cups are men who invite their fates. ..."
4. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edvard Westermarck (1908)
"In Tibet a ghost which makes its presence felt in dreams or by causing deliriousness
or temporary insanity is disposed of by cremation.2 In his description ..."
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