囈げい語ご

noun

delirious talk; nonsense; ravings

Refers to incoherent speech, especially from fever, delirium, or mental confusion. Literary and somewhat old-fashioned; in everyday language, うわごと is more common.

• 高こう熱ねつでげいごを発はっする患かん者じゃをなだめた。

  I soothed the patient who was uttering delirious talk from a high fever.

• 彼かれの話はなしはまるでげいごのようで、何なにを言いっているのかわからなかった。

  His story was like nonsense; I couldn't understand what he was saying.