giddiness
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i adjective
1.
affected with vertigo; dizzy.
2.
attended with or causing dizziness: a giddy climb.
3.
frivolous and lighthearted; impulsive; flighty: a giddy young person.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
4.
to make or become giddy.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English gidy, Old English gidig mad (as variant of *gydig), derivative of god God, presumably orig. “possessed by a divine being”
before 1000; Middle English gidy, Old English gidig mad (as variant of *gydig), derivative of god God, presumably orig. “possessed by a divine being”
Related forms
gid·di·ly, adverb
gid·di·ness, noun
un·gid·dy, adjective
Synonyms
1. lightheaded, vertiginous. 3. unstable, volatile, fickle, inconstant, vacillating.
1. lightheaded, vertiginous. 3. unstable, volatile, fickle, inconstant, vacillating.
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giddy (ˈɡɪdɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , -dier, -diest | |
| 1. | affected with a reeling sensation and feeling as if about to fall; dizzy |
| 2. | causing or tending to cause vertigo |
| 3. | impulsive; scatterbrained |
| 4. | my giddy aunt an exclamation of surprise |
| —vb , -dier, -diest, -dies, -dying, -died | |
| 5. | to make or become giddy |
| [Old English gydig mad, frenzied, possessed by God; related to | |
| 'giddily | |
| —adv | |
| 'giddiness | |
| —n | |
| giddy (ˈɡɪdɪ) | |
| —adj , -dier, -diest | |
| 1. | affected with a reeling sensation and feeling as if about to fall; dizzy |
| 2. | causing or tending to cause vertigo |
| 3. | impulsive; scatterbrained |
| 4. | my giddy aunt an exclamation of surprise |
| —vb , -dier, -diest, -dies, -dying, -died | |
| 5. | to make or become giddy |
| [Old English gydig mad, frenzied, possessed by God; related to | |
| 'giddily | |
| —adv | |
| 'giddiness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
giddy
O.E. gidig, variant of *gydig "insane, mad, stupid, possessed by a spirit," probably from P.Gmc. *guthigaz, from *guthan "god" + *-ig "possessed." Meaning "having a confused, swimming sensation" is from 1570.
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Example sentences
Its lavishness is close to delirium, its giddiness beyond camp.
He was in full possession of his faculties, free from confusion or giddiness, but his hands were still trembling.
Nasal discharge and giddiness may also become evident.
There are looks of self-consciousness, of curiosity, of giddiness.
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