delirium

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dēlīrium (“derangement, madness”).

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Noun

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delirium (countable and uncountable, plural deliriums or deliria)

  1. (medicine) A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.
    • 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC:
      The popular delirium [of the French Revolution] at first caught his enthusiastic mind.
    • 1826, [Mary Shelley], The Last Man. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
      Better to decay in absolute delirium, than to be the victim of the methodical unreason of ill-bestowed love.
    • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Return to Courtenaye Hall”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 149:
      The evening wore away, and the long grass was silvery with dew; the consequence was what might have been expected,—next day, he was laid up with a violent cold; and the fever soon ran so high, that delirium came on; and before three days were past, his life hung upon a thread.
    • 1879, John Morley, Burke:
      the delirium of the preceding session (of Parliament)
  2. Wild, frenzied excitement or ecstasy.

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Danish

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Noun

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delirium n (singular definite deliriet, plural indefinite delirier)

  1. delirium

Declension

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Declension of delirium
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative delirium deliriet delirier delirierne
genitive deliriums deliriets deliriers deliriernes

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dēlīrium.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /deːˈliː.ri.ʏm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧li‧ri‧um

Noun

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delirium n (plural deliria or deliriums, diminutive deliriumpje n)

  1. delirium

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Descendants

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  • → Indonesian: delirium

Finnish

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Etymology

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< Latin dēlīrium

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdeli(ː)rium/, [ˈde̞li(ː)ˌrium]
  • Rhymes: -ium
  • Hyphenation(key): de‧li‧ri‧um

Noun

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delirium

  1. (medicine) delirium (temporary mental state of confusion, disorientation and anxiety)
    Synonyms: sekavuus, houretila

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  • This term is chiefly used by the medical profession.

Declension

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Inflection of delirium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative delirium deliriumit
genitive deliriumin deliriumien
partitive deliriumia deliriumeja
illative deliriumiin deliriumeihin
singular plural
nominative delirium deliriumit
accusative nom. delirium deliriumit
gen. deliriumin
genitive deliriumin deliriumien
partitive deliriumia deliriumeja
inessive deliriumissa deliriumeissa
elative deliriumista deliriumeista
illative deliriumiin deliriumeihin
adessive deliriumilla deliriumeilla
ablative deliriumilta deliriumeilta
allative deliriumille deliriumeille
essive deliriumina deliriumeina
translative deliriumiksi deliriumeiksi
abessive deliriumitta deliriumeitta
instructive — deliriumein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of delirium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative deliriumini deliriumini
accusative nom. deliriumini deliriumini
gen. deliriumini
genitive deliriumini deliriumieni
partitive deliriumiani deliriumejani
inessive deliriumissani deliriumeissani
elative deliriumistani deliriumeistani
illative deliriumiini deliriumeihini
adessive deliriumillani deliriumeillani
ablative deliriumiltani deliriumeiltani
allative deliriumilleni deliriumeilleni
essive deliriuminani deliriumeinani
translative deliriumikseni deliriumeikseni
abessive deliriumittani deliriumeittani
instructive — —
comitative — deliriumeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative deliriumisi deliriumisi
accusative nom. deliriumisi deliriumisi
gen. deliriumisi
genitive deliriumisi deliriumiesi
partitive deliriumiasi deliriumejasi
inessive deliriumissasi deliriumeissasi
elative deliriumistasi deliriumeistasi
illative deliriumiisi deliriumeihisi
adessive deliriumillasi deliriumeillasi
ablative deliriumiltasi deliriumeiltasi
allative deliriumillesi deliriumeillesi
essive deliriuminasi deliriumeinasi
translative deliriumiksesi deliriumeiksesi
abessive deliriumittasi deliriumeittasi
instructive — —
comitative — deliriumeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative deliriumimme deliriumimme
accusative nom. deliriumimme deliriumimme
gen. deliriumimme
genitive deliriumimme deliriumiemme
partitive deliriumiamme deliriumejamme
inessive deliriumissamme deliriumeissamme
elative deliriumistamme deliriumeistamme
illative deliriumiimme deliriumeihimme
adessive deliriumillamme deliriumeillamme
ablative deliriumiltamme deliriumeiltamme
allative deliriumillemme deliriumeillemme
essive deliriuminamme deliriumeinamme
translative deliriumiksemme deliriumeiksemme
abessive deliriumittamme deliriumeittamme
instructive — —
comitative — deliriumeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative deliriuminne deliriuminne
accusative nom. deliriuminne deliriuminne
gen. deliriuminne
genitive deliriuminne deliriumienne
partitive deliriumianne deliriumejanne
inessive deliriumissanne deliriumeissanne
elative deliriumistanne deliriumeistanne
illative deliriumiinne deliriumeihinne
adessive deliriumillanne deliriumeillanne
ablative deliriumiltanne deliriumeiltanne
allative deliriumillenne deliriumeillenne
essive deliriuminanne deliriumeinanne
translative deliriumiksenne deliriumeiksenne
abessive deliriumittanne deliriumeittanne
instructive — —
comitative — deliriumeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative deliriuminsa deliriuminsa
accusative nom. deliriuminsa deliriuminsa
gen. deliriuminsa
genitive deliriuminsa deliriumiensa
partitive deliriumiaan
deliriumiansa 		deliriumejaan
deliriumejansa
inessive deliriumissaan
deliriumissansa 		deliriumeissaan
deliriumeissansa
elative deliriumistaan
deliriumistansa 		deliriumeistaan
deliriumeistansa
illative deliriumiinsa deliriumeihinsa
adessive deliriumillaan
deliriumillansa 		deliriumeillaan
deliriumeillansa
ablative deliriumiltaan
deliriumiltansa 		deliriumeiltaan
deliriumeiltansa
allative deliriumilleen
deliriumillensa 		deliriumeilleen
deliriumeillensa
essive deliriuminaan
deliriuminansa 		deliriumeinaan
deliriumeinansa
translative deliriumikseen
deliriumiksensa 		deliriumeikseen
deliriumeiksensa
abessive deliriumittaan
deliriumittansa 		deliriumeittaan
deliriumeittansa
instructive — —
comitative — deliriumeineen
deliriumeinensa

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch delirium, from Latin dēlīrium.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /de.li.ˈri.ʊm/
  • Rhymes: -ʊm
  • Hyphenation: de‧li‧ri‧um

Noun

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delirium (first-person possessive deliriumku, second-person possessive deliriummu, third-person possessive deliriumnya)

  1. (psychiatry) delirium

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Latin

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Etymology

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From dēlīrō (“to deviate from a straight track; to be crazy or deranged”) +‎ -ium (nominal suffix).

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Noun

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dēlīrium n (genitive dēlīriī or dēlīrī); second declension

  1. (medicine) Delirium, madness, frenzy.
    Synonyms: dēlīrātiō, dēlīritās
    • c. 47 C.E., Aulus Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 2.7.28:
      […] aut quī febre aequē nōn quiēscente simul et dēlīrio et spīrandī difficultāte vexātur […]
      […] or when, likewise without the fever subsiding, he is distressed at once by delirium and difficulty in breathing […]

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative dēlīrium dēlīria
genitive dēlīriī
dēlīrī1 		dēlīriōrum
dative dēlīriō dēlīriīs
accusative dēlīrium dēlīria
ablative dēlīriō dēlīriīs
vocative dēlīrium dēlīria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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Descendants

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin dēlīrium.

Noun

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delirium n (definite singular deliriet, indefinite plural delirier, definite plural deliria or deliriene)

  1. a delirium

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin dēlīrium.

Noun

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delirium n (definite singular deliriet, indefinite plural delirium, definite plural deliria)

  1. a delirium

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin dēlīrium.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dɛˈli.rjum/
  • Rhymes: -irjum
  • Syllabification: de‧li‧rium

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delirium n

  1. (pathology) delirium (mental state of confusion)
    Synonym: majaczenie

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Declension of delirium
singular plural
nominative delirium deliria
genitive delirium deliriów
dative delirium deliriom
accusative delirium deliria
instrumental delirium deliriami
locative delirium deliriach
vocative delirium deliria

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verb
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noun

Further reading

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  • delirium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • delirium in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dēlīrium.

Noun

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delirium n

  1. delirium
    Synonym: (colloquial) dille

Declension

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Declension of delirium
nominative genitive
singular indefinite delirium deliriums
definite deliriet deliriets
plural indefinite delirier deliriers
definite delirierna deliriernas
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