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deliration

deliration noun: aberration of the mind; delirium.

Noun

deliration (countable and uncountable, plural delirations)

  1. aberration of the mind; delirium
    • deliration or alienation of the understanding1677, Joseph Mede, The Works of the Pious and Profoundly-learned Joseph Mede
    • […] if he speak the words of an oath in a strange language, thinking they signify something else, or if he spake in his sleep, or deliration, or distraction, it is no oath, and so not obligatory.1673, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory

Forms of deliration

pluraldelirations

Origin of deliration

Learned borrowing from Latin dēlīrātio.

Questions about deliration

What does deliration mean?
Deliration means aberration of the mind; delirium.
What part of speech is deliration?
Deliration is a noun.
What is the plural of deliration?
The plural of deliration is delirations.

Words near deliration in the dictionary

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

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