delirifacient

comparative more delirifacient · superlative most delirifacient

1. archaicmedicineProducing, or tending to produce, delirium.

   Synonyms: deliriant

plural delirifacients

1. archaicmedicineAny substance that causes delirium.

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   Irregular action of the heart in a person falling asleep produces the well-known sensation of suddenly falling through space, and it seems quite possible that the combination of a delirifacient like belladonna with a drug producing irregular action of the heart like aconite might produce the sensation of flying.

   1921, Margaret Alice Murray, The Witch-Cult in Western Europe, Appendix 5

   Synonyms: deliriant