delirium
noun
[ dɪˈlɪrɪəm ]
• an acutely disturbed state of mind characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence, occurring in intoxication, fever, and other disorders.
• "somewhere a patient shouted in delirium"
Similar:
derangement,
dementia,
dementedness,
temporary madness/insanity,
incoherence,
raving,
irrationality,
hysteria,
wildness,
feverishness,
frenzy,
hallucination,
calenture,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin, from delirare ‘deviate, be deranged’ (literally ‘deviate from the furrow’), from de- ‘away’ + lira ‘ridge between furrows’.
