delirious
Etymology

From delirium + -ous; see also .

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /dɪˈlɪɹɪ.əs/, /dɪˈlɪəɹɪ.əs/
Adjective

delirious

  1. (symptom) Being in the state of delirium.
    • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC ↗, Canto XVI, page 26 ↗:
      ⁠Or has the shock, so harshly given,
      […] made me that delirious man
      ⁠Whose fancy fuses old and new,
      ⁠And flashes into false and true,
      And mingles all without a plan?
  2. Having uncontrolled excitement; ecstatic.
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