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adjective
1.
having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous.
2.
bewildered; confused.
3.
causing giddiness or confusion: a dizzy height.
4.
heedless; thoughtless.
5.
Informal. foolish; silly.
verb (used with object)
6.
to make dizzy.
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English dysy, Old English dysig foolish; cognate with Low German düsig stupefied
before 900; Middle English dysy, Old English dysig foolish; cognate with Low German düsig stupefied
Related forms
diz·zi·ly, adverb
diz·zi·ness, noun
Example Sentences
- She was looking for rapid eye oscillations, often seen in dizzy people, but there were none.
- Dizzy economic growth has not, alas, brought political maturity.
- With their blood more alkaline than usual, mountaineers can grow dizzy or nauseated.
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noun
1.
James (Byron), 1931–55, U.S. actor.
2.
Jay Hanna (“Dizzy”), 1911–74, U.S. baseball pitcher.
3.
a male given name: from the Old English family name meaning “valley.”
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Word Origin & History
dean
early 14c., from O.Fr. deien, from L.L. decanus "head of a group of 10 monks in a monastery," from earlier secular meaning "commander of 10 soldiers" (which was extended to civil administrators in the late empire), from Gk. dekanos, from deka "ten." Replaced O.E. teoðingealdor. College sense is from
EXPAND1570s (in L. from 1271).
dizzy
O.E. dysig "foolish, stupid," from P.Gmc. *dusijaz. Meaning "having a whirling sensation" is from mid-14c.; that of "giddy" is from c.1500 and seems to merge the two earlier meanings. Used of the "foolish virgins" in early translations of Matthew xxv; used especially of blondes since 1870s.
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