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Grammar : Adj

Spell : dih-leer-ee-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈlɪər i əs

Definition of delirious

Origin : 1703, from stem of delirium + -ous. Figurative use attested from 1791. Related: Deliriously.

adj mentally imbalanced
adj excited; very happy

Example sentences :

In two hours I was delirious, and the end of the Diary and of myself was at hand.
Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski

Roland was, however, by this time in high fever and delirious.
Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Macquart, especially, appeared to be delirious with enthusiasm.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

For months I was mad, fevered, delirious, and yet I could not die.
Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle

If a delirious man had struck me, I should not have been angry with him.
Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro

"Our turn now," they were shouting, and there were screams of delirious laughter.
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

Was that healthy colour but the brand of a malady that rendered him delirious?
Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini

Such was her cry, whether sane or delirious, hour after hour, day after day.
Extract from : « Two Penniless Princesses » by Charlotte M. Yonge

I was delirious; I knew the authors of my misfortune, and in my fancy I destroyed them.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

There was another pause, and the delirious man seemed to sleep.
Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee

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