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semidelirium

  • a word derived from delirium.
    delirium
    noun
    a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciousness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations, etc.

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Gradually, however, all such rational thoughts blurred in a semidelirium of thirst and pain, narrowing to a red blaze of agony across my shoulder blades.

From The Door Through Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley

In his state of semidelirium Roger began to doubt that he had won over Garman.

From The Plunderer by Henry Oyen

It was as if Barton, in his semidelirium, were reading the words from his past!

From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 by Various