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from The Century Dictionary.
- Low spirits; depression of mind.
- [With allusion to the apparitions of such delirium.] Delirium tremens.
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- noun idiomatic low spirits;
depression
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- noun a state of depression
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September 3, 2008
yarb commented on the word blue devils
A fortnight was pretty well without seeing a soul but my keeper, who had orders that I should want for nothing in the bread and water way! Whenever he made his appearance I was inclined to be sociable, and to parley a little to get rid of the blue devils; but this majestic minister was above reply, he was mum!
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 1 ch. 12
September 12, 2008