Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In medicine, a poison which causes delirium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun that which induces a medical state of frank
delirium , usually in reference to a drug.
Etymologies
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From delirium
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Examples
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He had told Jem that dust was medically not a hallucinogen but in fact classified as a “deliriant.”
The Town Chuck Hogan 2004
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This contains the anticholinergic (or deliriant) tropane alkaloids atropine, hyoscyamine and scopolamine.
Planet Atheism Pharyngula 2010
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The G was a cancer in the Town, Jem the fucking deliriant chemo.
The Town Chuck Hogan 2004
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