The Only Use of "delirium" in "The Yellow Wallpaper"

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delirium
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The Yellow Wallpaper
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Looked at in one way each breadth stands alone, the bloated curves and flourishes—a kind of "debased Romanesque" with delirium tremens—go waddling up and down in isolated columns of fatuity.†

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(1) (delirium as in: fever induced delirium)
a usually brief state of mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations

Delirium can result from high fever, intoxication, withdrawal, brain injury, and many other causes.
(2) (delirium as in: delirious with joy)
a state of having been taken over by excitement or emotion
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)