delirious
adjective
affected with or characteristic of delirium.
deliriousness
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a word derived from
delirious.
Example Sentences
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“At a certain point, your deliriousness kicks in, and you're just going to go for it. Whatever.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2019
So it’s only natural that the hit that captures the deliriousness of their first love would be enshrined in America’s memory forever.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2018
But Krasznahorkai constantly pushes beyond the expected, escalating everything to the brink of deliriousness with an absurd list of 20 banks.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2018
Gangrene attacked the wounded; ophthalmia broke out; deliriousness became chronic.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
Poole looked at him open-eyed as if expecting to see him suffering from a little deliriousness again; but as no sign was visible he merely said quietly— “My father’s.”
From Fitz the Filibuster by Harold Piffard
