delirium tremens
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of delirium tremens
First recorded in 1813; from New Latin: “trembling delirium”
Example Sentences
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An autopsy later found that she had been experiencing delirium tremens caused by withdrawal from diazepam, an anti-anxiety medication that P.T.S. staff members said they were never informed she was taking.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2016
The book records a period of acute psychological and spiritual disorientation, delirium tremens, the near-destruction of a literary intelligence, starring Kerouac as Jack Duluoz, “bloody ‘King of the Beatniks.’”
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2013
Do you know what is meant by delirium tremens, reader?
From Fifteen Years in Hell by Benson, Luther
Trolls, with a touch of the delirium tremens, Neurotic neurospasts, puppets whose wires Are pulled by morbid dreams and mad desires; Not men and women 'midst our world's temptations, But fevered phantasy's bizarre creations.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 12th 1893 by Various
Boiling over with health, radiant with youth, full of vigor, Lemaitre now began to lead a life of extravagance which would almost have given Bacchus the delirium tremens and driven Hercules into a consumption.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various
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