delirious

UK /dɪˈlɪə̯.ɹi.əs/ US /dɪˈlɪə̯.ɹi.əs/
adj 2

Definitions

adj

1

Being in the state of delirium.

⁠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?

[…]the angelic form of a creature whose very existence was a gigantic balm of Gilead to the lacerated body of our hero, and, in a half delirious state of mind, he felt like leaping mountains to raise prostrate female forms, and to become blessed with hymeneal joys of the most glorious character; but, his imagination soon forsook him, and a raging fever, accompanied by the most violent deadly delirium, ensued, which lasted a fortnight.

2

Having uncontrolled excitement; ecstatic.

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