delirium English · revision 41

+ ==Etymology==

+ First recorded in the 1590s,^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) or c. 1563 according to Merriam-Webster,^(MW Collegiate) [[bor|la|dēlīrium|t=madness]],^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) [[der|la|dēlīrāre|t=to be deranged, crazy]],^(OED 1989)^(AHD) literally “to leave the furrow” in ploughing,^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline) from ''dē-'' “off, away” + ''līra'' “furrow”,^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) [[der|ine-pro|*leis-|t=track, furrow]].^(Etymonline)^(AHD)

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+ ''Delirium tremens'', medical Latin for “trembling delirium”, was introduced in 1813 by the British physician Thomas Sutton.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==References==

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