delirar

/deliˈɾaɾ/ · B2 · verb

to be delirious

🤪 delirar = de- (away) + lira (furrow): going off the track, out of line

From Latin delirare, 'to go out of the furrow' (de- + lira, a ploughed ridge). A plough that leaves its row is off course, so a mind that leaves its track is delirious. Compare English delirious, from the same root.

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