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diz·zy       [diz-ee] Pronunciation Key adjective, -zi·er, -zi·est, verb, -zied, -zy·ing.
–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.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME dysy, OE dysig foolish; c. LG düsig stupefied]

diz·zi·ly, adverb
diz·zi·ness, noun
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Dean       [deen] Pronunciation Key
–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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Dis·rae·li       [diz-rey-lee] Pronunciation Key
–noun
Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (“Dizzy”), 1804–81, British statesman and novelist: prime minister 1868, 1874–80.
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Gil·les·pie       [gi-les-pee] Pronunciation Key
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John Birks       [burks] Pronunciation Key (“Dizzy”), 1917–93, U.S. jazz trumpeter and composer.
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diz·zy       (dĭz'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   diz·zi·er, diz·zi·est
  1. Having a whirling sensation and a tendency to fall. See Synonyms at giddy.
  2. Bewildered or confused.
    1. Producing or tending to produce giddiness: a dizzy height.
    2. Caused by giddiness; reeling.
  3. Characterized by impulsive haste; very rapid: "The American language had begun its dizzy onward march before the Revolution" (H.L. Mencken).
  4. Slang Scatterbrained or silly.

tr.v.   diz·zied, diz·zy·ing, diz·zies
  1. To make dizzy.
  2. To confuse or bewilder.


[Middle English dusie, disi, from Old English dysig, foolish.]

diz'zi·ly adv., diz'zi·ness n., diz'zy·ing·ly adv.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
dizzy 
O.E. dysig "foolish, stupid," from P.Gmc. *dusijaz. Meaning "having a whirling sensation" is from c.1340; that of "giddy" is from 1501 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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dizzy

adjective
1. having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff" 
2. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: airheaded

verb
1. make dizzy or giddy; "a dizzying pace" 

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Dizzy

Diz"zy\ (d[i^]z"z[y^]), a. [Compar. Dizzier (-z[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Dizziest.] [OE. dusi, disi, desi, foolish, AS. dysig; akin to LG. d["u]sig dizzy, OD. deuzig, duyzig, OHG. tusig foolish, OFries. dusia to be dizzy; LG. dusel dizziness, duselig, dusselig, D. duizelig, dizzy, Dan. d["o]sig drowsy, slepy, d["o]se to make dull, drowsy, d["o]s dullness, drowsiness, and to AS. dw[=ae]s foolish, G. thor fool. [root]71. Cf. Daze, Doze.]

1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct.

Alas! his brain was dizzy. --Drayton.

2. Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.

To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder. --Macaulay.

3. Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless. "The dizzy multitude." --Milton.

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Dizzy

Diz"zy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dizzied; p. pr. & vb. n. Dizzying.] To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.

If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy understanding. --Sir W. Scott.

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