delirious

[dih-leer-ee-uh s]

adjective

Pathology. affected with or characteristic of delirium.
wild with excitement, enthusiasm, etc.: She was delirious with joy at the news.

Origin of delirious

First recorded in 1590–1600; deliri(um) + -ous

Related formsde·lir·i·ous·ly, adverbde·lir·i·ous·ness, nounnon·de·lir·i·ous, adjectivenon·de·lir·i·ous·ly, adverbnon·de·lir·i·ous·ness, nounun·de·lir·i·ous, adjectiveun·de·lir·i·ous·ly, adverb

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2. thrilled, excited, ecstatic.

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Examples from the Web for deliriously

Contemporary Examples

Five-star reviews made me deliriously happy; three-star reviews crushingly sad.
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Dominic Utton
April 24, 2014
The Communist Party presides calmly over a nation of deliriously happy citizens.
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Or, if not, then at least where it has been the most deliriously exploited.
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Nicole LaPorte
December 20, 2009
I knew all this going in, but was too deliriously blinded by the extra-hot sex to really consider it.
How I Transformed My Boyfriend Into a Booty Call
Kate Carraway
November 8, 2008

Historical Examples

Torchy is just as deliriously funny in these stories as he was in the previous book.
Torchy and Vee
Sewell Ford
For she was in love—she knew it now—wildly, deliriously, gloriously in love with Owen.
The Making of a Soul
Kathlyn Rhodes
She was too deliriously happy to speak, and the only words she could have said were, I love you, I love you.
Mrs. Craddock
W. Somerset Maugham
That is to say, he was deliriously glad and he knew he ought not to be.
Nothing But the Truth
Frederic S. Isham
For a time, we must believe, humanity then was deliriously bereft.
Nonsenseorship
G. G. Putnam and Others

British Dictionary definitions for deliriously

delirious

adjective

affected with delirium
wildly excited, esp with joy or enthusiasm

Derived Formsdeliriously, adverbdeliriousness, noun

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Word Origin and History for deliriously

delirious

adj.

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

deliriously in Medicine

delirious

(dĭ-lîr′ē-əs)

adj.

Of, suffering from, or characteristic of delirium.

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Synonyms

Examples from the Web for deliriously

Contemporary Examples

Five-star reviews made me deliriously happy; three-star reviews crushingly sad.

The Communist Party presides calmly over a nation of deliriously happy citizens.

Or, if not, then at least where it has been the most deliriously exploited.

I knew all this going in, but was too deliriously blinded by the extra-hot sex to really consider it.

Historical Examples

Torchy is just as deliriously funny in these stories as he was in the previous book.

For she was in love—she knew it now—wildly, deliriously, gloriously in love with Owen.

She was too deliriously happy to speak, and the only words she could have said were, I love you, I love you.

That is to say, he was deliriously glad and he knew he ought not to be.

For a time, we must believe, humanity then was deliriously bereft.

delirious

Word Origin and History for deliriously

delirious

adj.

delirious

Origin of delirious