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Word entry · 8 letters

delirium

Best crossword clue

"Confused frenzy"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈlɪ.ɹi.əm/Part of speech nounSorted deiilmruStarts with DEnds with M2 cluesCommon crossword word
1D2E3L4I5R6I7U8M

Definitions

  1. a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin dēlīrium (“derangement, madness”).

Used in a sentence

  • The popular delirium [of the French Revolution] at first caught his enthusiastic mind.
  • Better to decay in absolute delirium, than to be the victim of the methodical unreason of ill-bestowed love.
  • the delirium of the preceding session (of Parliament)

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Confused frenzy8 letters
02Feverish confusion8 letters

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