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prettygoodworddeliriant (dih-LEER-ee-uhnt) - n., a drug or other agent that induces delirium. adj., producing delirium.
Originally coined in the 1880s as an adjectival form of delirium, repurposed in the 1980s as a label for a subclass of hallucinogens, to distinguish them from psychedelics and dissociatives. Datura, for ex, is a deliriant.
---L.
Originally coined in the 1880s as an adjectival form of delirium, repurposed in the 1980s as a label for a subclass of hallucinogens, to distinguish them from psychedelics and dissociatives. Datura, for ex, is a deliriant.
---L.
