Delirium >n. an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is chartacterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech.
2-wild excitement or ecstasy.
–Origin mid 16th cent.: from Latin, delirare ‘deviate, be deranged’ (literally ‘deviate from the furrow’), from de- ‘away’ + lira ‘ridge between furrows.’
Quoll >n. a catlike, carnivorous marsupial with short legs and a white-spotted coat, native to the forests of Australia and New Guinea. Also called Dasyure.
Scapulimancy: heating of a bone to interpret divine answer. (Got this definition out of my history text. Roughly stated)
Telamon >n. Architecture a male figure used as a pillar to support an entablature or other structure.
–Origin early 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek telamones, plural of Telamon, the name of a mythical hero.
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