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deliriously Definition


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delirious
adj
    1. Affected by delirium, usually as a result of fever or other illness.
      Thesaurus: manic, hysterical, incoherent, wild, raving, deranged, demented, mad, frenzied.
    2. Very excited or happy.
      Thesaurus: excited, enthused, ecstatic.
Derivative: deliriously
adverb
    Derivative: deliriousness
    noun
      Etymology: 16c in sense 1; 18c in sense 2: from Latin delirus, from delirare to rave, originally meaning ‘to go off a straight furrow', from de from + lira furrow.



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