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delirifacients

delirifacients is the plural of delirifacient.

Meaning of delirifacient

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

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Questions about delirifacients

What is delirifacients the plural of?
Delirifacients is the plural of delirifacient.

Words near delirifacients in the dictionary

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

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