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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

English

Etymology

A three-part word (root 'sane', prefix 'in-' meaning 'not', suffix '-ity', meaning 'the state of'). Derived from Latin precursory equivalents. Two possible candidates for construction order:

• insane +? -ity: ins?nus (“unhealthy; insane”) + -it?s

  Latin ins?nus (“unsound in mind; mad, insane”), from in- + sanus (“sound, sane”). Modern forms of roots: in- + sane

• in- +? sanity: in- (“lacking; without”) +? sanit?s (“health; sanity”)

  Latin sanit?s (“sound in mind; sane”), from s?nus + -it?s. Modern forms of roots: sane + -ity

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?sæn?ti/

Noun

insanity (countable and uncountable, plural insanities)

1. The state of being insane; madness.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:insanity

Antonyms

• sanity

Related terms

• insane

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