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delirating

delirating adjective: making one delirious or mad; also, delirious; mad. Also the present participle and gerund of delirate.

Adjective

delirating (comparative more delirating, superlative most delirating)

  1. (rare) Making one delirious or mad; also, delirious; mad.
    • For Women that were addicted to Bacchanal Sports, preſently ran to the Ivy and pluck'd it off, tearing it in pieces with their Hands, and knawing it with their Mouths, ſo that they are not altogether to be disbelieved, that ſay it hath an infatuating and delirating Spirit in it, tranſporting and...1704, Plutarch, “Roman Questions: Translated from the Greek”, in Isaac Chauncy, transl., Plutarch’s Morals: Translated from the Greek by Several Hands. […], 4th edition, volume II, London: […]...

Also used as

delirating is also the present participle and gerund of delirate.

Forms of delirating

comparativemore delirating
superlativemost delirating

Origin of delirating

From delirate + -ing.

Questions about delirating

What does delirating mean?
Delirating means making one delirious or mad; also, delirious; mad.
What part of speech is delirating?
Delirating is an adjective.

Words near delirating in the dictionary

  1. deliraments
  2. delirancy
  3. delirant
  4. delirate
  5. delirates
  6. delirating
  7. deliration
  8. delirations
  9. deliria
  10. deliriant
  11. deliriants

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