Noun: delirium di'li-ree-um
- A usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations
"The patient experienced delirium during his high fever"
- State of violent mental agitation
"The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a delirium";
- craze, frenzy, fury, hysteria
Derived forms: deliriums
Type of: disturbance, folie [archaic], mania, manic disorder, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder
Encyclopedia: Delirium