The Only Use of
delirium
in
A Sound of Thunder
- Sounds like music and sounds like flying tents filled the sky, and those were pterodactyls soaring with cavernous gray wings, gigantic bats of delirium and night fever.†
Definitions:
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(delirium as in: fever induced delirium) a usually brief state of mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinationsDelirium can result from high fever, intoxication, withdrawal, brain injury, and many other causes.
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(delirium as in: delirious with joy) a state of having been taken over by excitement or emotion