Both Uses of
delirium
in
Brave New World
- The President leaned forward and, with a touch, released a delirium of cymbals and blown brass, a fever of tom-tomming.
p. 84..0delirium = confusion
- He woke once more to external reality, looked round him, knew what he saw–knew it, with a sinking sense of horror and disgust, for the recurrent delirium of his days and nights, the nightmare of swarming indistinguishable sameness.
p. 209..2 *delirium = mental confusion
Definition:
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(delirium as in: fever induced delirium) a usually brief state of mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinationseditor's notes: Delirium can result from high fever, intoxication, withdrawal, brain injury, and many other causes.