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Delirium Tremens

Definition: Delirium Tremens

Delirium Tremens

Noun

1. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Delirium Tremens

Synonym: blue devils (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Delirium Tremens

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Drunkenness

Oinomania, dipsomania; delirium tremens; alcohol, alcoholism; mania a potu.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Delirium Tremens

English words defined with "delirium tremens": Mania a potuOenomaniaThe horrorszoopsia. (references)
Specialty definitions using "delirium tremens": D.T.HorrorsLAOCOONMEDUSASnakes in his Boots. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Delirium Tremens" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Italian (jimjams), Portuguese (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum, delirium tremens), Spanish (delirium tremens, jim-jams), Swedish (delirium tremens).

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Commercial Usage: Delirium Tremens

DomainTitle

Books

  • Delirium tremens (reference)

  • Delirium tremens and certain other acute sequels of alcohol abuse A comparative clinical, social and prognostic study (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Delirium Tremens

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

delirium tremens

69

beer delirium tremens

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Delirium Tremens

Language Translations for "delirium tremens"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

delirium tremens (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum), delirium potatorum (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum), delirium alcoholicum (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum), alkoholished (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

delirium tremens (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum), delirium potatorium (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum), delirium ebriositatio (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum), delirium alcoholicum (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

juoppohulluus. (various references)

   

French

  

delirium tremens, délire alcoolique (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum), délire aigu alcoolique. (various references)

   

German

  

Delirium tremens (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum), Delirium tremefaciens (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum), Delirium potatorum (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum), Delirium ebriosorum (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum), Delirium alcoholicum (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum), Alkoholdelir (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αλκοολικό παραλήρημα (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum), τρομώδεσ παραλήρημα. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

delírium tremens (jim-jams). (various references)

   

Italian

  

delirium tremens (jimjams), delirium ebriositatis (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum), tremor potatorum (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eliriumday emenstray

   

Portuguese

  

delirium-trements (jim-jams), delirium tremens (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum), delírio alcoólico (alcoholic delirium, delirium alcoholicum). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

белая горячка (jim-jams). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

delirium tremens (jim-jams). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

delirium tremens. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Delirium Tremens

Misspellings

"Delirium Tremens" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: delerium tremens, delerium tremons. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Delirium Tremens

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-i-i-l-m-m-n-r-r-s-t-u"

-4 letters: determiners, determinism, irredentism, meitneriums, misinterred, semiretired.

-5 letters: delimiters, determiner, determines, interludes, lienteries, meitnerium, merriments, ministered, misentered, mutineered, neuritides, reenlisted, reimmersed, reinserted, understeer, unseemlier, untimelier.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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