{"id":704,"date":"2015-03-31T20:16:14","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T03:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span406\/?p=704"},"modified":"2015-03-31T20:16:14","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T03:16:14","slug":"delirium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span406\/2015\/03\/31\/delirium\/","title":{"rendered":"“Delirium”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From Merriam Webster<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“a mental state in which you are confused and not able to think or speak clearly<\/em> usually because of fever or some other illness [. . .]. an acute mental disturbance characterized by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech<\/em> and hallucinations.”<\/p>\n

“Examples of DELIRIUM: In her delirium<\/em>, nothing she said made any sense<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Better still, from the OED<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“1. A disordered state of the mental faculties resulting from disturbance of the functions of the brain, and characterized by incoherent speech<\/em>, hallucinations, restlessness, and frenzied or maniacal excitement.”<\/p>\n

“2. fig. Uncontrollable excitement or emotion, as of a delirious person; frenzied rapture; wildly absurd thought or speech<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

(Emphases added)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile…<\/p>\n