Delirating
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 present participle and gerund of delirate form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 1 Making one delirious or mad; also, delirious; mad. rare
"For Women that were addicted to Bacchanal Sports, preſently ran to the Ivy and pluck'd it off, tearing it in pieces with their Hands, and knawing it with their Mouths, ſo that they are not altogether to be disbelieved, that ſay it hath an infatuating and delirating Spirit in it, tranſporting and bereaving of the Senſes, […]"
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More examples"For Women that were addicted to Bacchanal Sports, preſently ran to the Ivy and pluck'd it off, tearing it in pieces with their Hands, and knawing it with their Mouths, ſo that they are not altogether to be disbelieved, that ſay it hath an infatuating and delirating Spirit in it, tranſporting and bereaving of the Senſes, […]"
Etymology
From delirate + -ing.
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