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aberration

English

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Latin aberr?ti? (relief, diversion), first attested in 1594 , from aberr? (wander away, go astray), from ab (away) + err? (wander). Compare French aberration. Equivalent to aberrate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?æb.???e?.?n?/

Noun

aberration (countable and uncountable, plural aberrations)

  1. The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state. [Late 16th century.]
  2. (optics) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; a defect in a focusing mechanism that prevents the intended focal point. [Mid 18th century.]
  3. (astronomy) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer. [Mid 18th century.]
    1. (astronomy, by extension) The tendency of light rays to preferentially strike the leading face of a moving object (the effect underlying the above phenomenon).
  4. A partial alienation of reason. [Early 19th century.]
  5. A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character. [Early 19th century.]
  6. (zoology, botany) Atypical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ. [Mid 19th century.]
  7. (medicine) A deviation of a tissue, organ or mental functions from what is considered to be within the normal range.

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French

Etymology

From Latin aberrationem, aberratio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.b?.?a.sj??/

Noun

aberration f (plural aberrations)

  1. aberration
  2. the state of being aberrant
  3. (astronomy) aberration
  4. (optics) aberration
  5. (physiology) aberration or mutation

Related terms

  • aberrer

Further reading

  • “aberration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

  • abornerait, arboraient

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delirium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?l?rium (derangement, madness).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: d?l??r??m
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??l?.?i.?m/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /d??l??.i.?m/

Noun

delirium (countable and uncountable, plural deliriums or deliria)

  1. (medicine) An 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.
    • The popular delirium [of the French Revolution] at first caught his enthusiastic mind.
  2. Wild, frenzied excitement or ecstasy.

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Translations

References

  • “delirium”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
  • “delirium”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?l?rium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de??li?.ri.?m/
  • Hyphenation: de?li?ri?um

Noun

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

  1. delirium

Synonyms

  • delier

Latin

Etymology

From d?l?r? (to deviate from a straight track; to be crazy or deranged) +? -ium (nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /de??li?.ri.um/, [d?e??li??i???]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de?li.ri.um/, [d???li??ium]

Noun

d?l?rium n (genitive d?l?ri? or d?l?r?); second declension

  1. (medicine) Delirium, madness, frenzy.
    Synonyms: d?l?r?ti?, d?l?rit?s

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

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Descendants

References

  • delirium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

  1. a delirium

References

  • “delirium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

  1. a delirium

References

  • “delirium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin d?l?rium, from d?l?r? (I am deranged), from d? (from, away from, out of) + l?ra (the earth thrown up between two furrows; a ridge, track, furrow).

Noun

delirium n

  1. delirium

Declension

Further reading

  • delirium in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

delirium n

  1. delirium

Declension

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