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delirifacient

delirifacient adjective: producing, or tending to produce, delirium.

Adjective

delirifacient (comparative more delirifacient, superlative most delirifacient)

  1. (archaic) Producing, or tending to produce, delirium.
    Synonyms:
    deliriant

Noun

delirifacient (plural delirifacients)

  1. (archaic) Any substance that causes delirium.
    • Irregular action of the heart in a person falling asleep produces the well-known sensation of suddenly falling through space, and it seems quite possible that the combination of a delirifacient like belladonna with a drug producing irregular action of the heart like aconite might produce the...1921, Margaret Alice Murray, The Witch-Cult in Western Europe, Appendix 5
    Synonyms:
    deliriant

Synonyms of delirifacient

Forms of delirifacient

Adjective
comparativemore delirifacient
superlativemost delirifacient
Noun
pluraldelirifacients

Origin of delirifacient

From delirium + Latin faciens, facientis, present participle of facere (“to make”).

Questions about delirifacient

What does delirifacient mean?
Delirifacient means producing, or tending to produce, delirium.
What part of speech is delirifacient?
Delirifacient can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near delirifacient in the dictionary

  1. deliria
  2. deliriant
  3. deliriants
  4. deliriate
  5. deliriated
  6. delirifacient
  7. delirifacients
  8. deliriogen
  9. deliriogenic
  10. deliriogens
  11. delirious

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