Meanings
adjectivedelirant (comparative more delirant, superlative most delirant)
comparative more delirant · superlative most delirant
- obsoleteDelirious.
[…]delirant in that business
1673, Richard Baxter, A Christian Directory1 more example
Some that are so esteemed indeed, never pretended unto any sobriety, but were meer effects of delirant imaginations
1679, John Owen, edited by Nathaniel Ponder, Christologia: Or, a Declaration of the Glorious Mystery of the Person of Christ, page xi
Origin
- Latindēlīrantis
- Englishdelirant
From Latin dēlīrantis, present participle of dēlīrō. See delirium.
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delirant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delirant
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“delirant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delirant. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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