deliration

[del-uh-rey-shuh n]

noun Archaic.

mental derangement; raving; delirium.

Nearby words

delinquency, juvenile,
delinquent,
deliquesce,
deliquescence,
deliquescent,
deliriant,
delirious,
delirium,
delirium tremens,
delis

Origin of deliration

1590–1600; < Latin dēlīrātiōn- (stem of dēlīrātiō) folly, equivalent to dēlīr(āre) to be silly, literally, go out of the furrow (dē- de- + līr(a) furrow + -āre infinitive ending) + -ātiōn- -ation