deliration

D2E1L1I1R1A1T1I1O1N1

noun

aberration of the mind; delirium

Scrabble 11

Meanings

noundeliration (countable and uncountable, plural delirations)

plural delirations

  1. countableuncountableaberration of the mind; delirium

    deliration or alienation of the understanding

    1677, Joseph Mede, The Works of the Pious and Profoundly-learned Joseph Mede
    2 more examples

    […] if he speak the words of an oath in a strange language, thinking they signify something else, or if he spake in his sleep, or deliration, or distraction, it is no oath, and so not obligatory.

    1673, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory

    insaneness is understood the deliration of the mind from falses , and eminent deliration is the deliration of the mind from falsified truths

    1768, Emanuel Swedenborg, Delights of Wisdom Concerning Conjugial Love

Origin

  1. Latindēlīrātio
  2. Englishdeliration

Learned borrowing from Latin dēlīrātio.

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